Reform or Counterrevolution at the UN?
August 7, 2006 | The glass of UN reform is more than half full, despite the best efforts of the United States and John Bolton.
Articles by John Feffer
Islamic Blowback Part Two?
August 5, 2006 | The Bush administration is supporting the reform of Islam from within. But this faith-based approach is undemocratic, ignorant of the complexities of Islam, and ultimately doomed to fail.
Jihad Against Hezbollah
August 4, 2006 | The Bush administration wants to punish the Lebanese for supporting Hezbollah. Whos next, Syria or Iran?
No Standards, No Accountability
August 1, 2006 | In 1996, the United States designed a law to combat war crimes. That same law has now come back to haunt the Bush administration.
Who’s Arming Israel?
July 26, 2006 | Everyone's talking about the arms suppliers behind Hezbollah. But who's supplying Israel?
A New Frontier of Jihadi Islam?
July 24, 2006 | Is Somalia rapidly turning into this years Afghanistan, with the Islamic Courts in the role of the Taliban and Ethiopia as the unilateral invader?
Congress and the Israeli Attack on Lebanon: A Critical Reading
July 22, 2006 | The U.S. Congress has backed Israel's military campaigns in Lebanon and Gaza. Here's a line by line refutation of the congressional logic.
Gaza and Lebanon: Connecting the Dots
July 21, 2006 | Israel starts a war to gain greater security while the United States backs an attack against two nascent democracies to promote democracy in the Middle East.
The Devil’s Brew of Poverty Relief
July 19, 2006 | Cut global poverty in half by 2015? Not with the current mix of debt relief, U.S. trade policy, bureaucratic inertia, and greedy brokers.
Negotiating Space with North Korea
July 7, 2006 | Even though North Korea's long-range missile turned out to be a dud, Pyongyang has nevertheless achieved its aim by getting the world's attention.