On top of everything else, workers across Egypt have been on strike.
Is Egypt Being Primed for a Coup?
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Democracy & Governance
Ten Years After Iraq War, Neo-Cons Struggle to Hold Republicans
Ten years after the Iraq War, the domination of neo-conservative ‘defense hawks’ in the Republican Party is increasingly under siege, not only because of the growing national consensus that the Iraq invasion was a major strategic debacle, but also because of the increasing popular concern – noted in a number of major polls over the past six months – that Washington simply can no longer afford the kind of imperial vision the hawks have promoted.
Pope Francis Has an Opportunity to Redeem Himself for His Sins of Omission During the Dirty War
Will redemption be Pope Francis’s?
Way Worse Than a Dumb War: Iraq Ten Years Later
US troops left behind a devastated, tortured Iraq. Our real obligation, to the people of Iraq and the region and the rest of the world, is to transform our government and our country so that these resource-driven wars, shaped by lies and fought for power and for empire, whether in Iran or somewhere else, can never be waged again.
Did the College of Cardinals Foresee the Dirty War Controversy?
If the College of Cardinals knew that Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s election as pope would cause an uproar, why did it elect him?
Intrigue Surrounds U.S. Arrest of Iran-based Bin Laden Son-in-Law
While U.S. politicians Friday debated whether Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and former Al-Qaeda spokesman, should be tried in New York City, foreign policy analysts were speculating about the circumstances under which he was apprehended by U.S. authorities.
The Two Europes
There is hybrid Europe, and then there is the Europe that imagines itself to be a collection of indivisible nation-states.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (3/8/13)
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Obama’s Chance to Renew the Peace Process
President Barack Obama’s upcoming trip to the Middle East presents an opportunity to move the dormant Palestinian-Israeli peace process forward. If he’s serious about making progress, the president should take into account how dispute resolution works in the Arab and Muslim world and note how little resemblance it bears to the West’s approaches to resolving conflicts. Understanding the sides’ different cultural perspectives on key aspects of negotiations will be crucial to creating a successful peace bid.
Ahead of March Iran Talks, U.S. Urged to Back Possible Israeli Strike
Senators Lindsey Graham and Robert Menendez introduced a joint resolution declaring U.S. support for Israel in the event of an Israeli military strike on Iran’s nuclear programme. “If the Senate moves forward with this [non-binding resolution,] they risk sending the signal to the Iranians that, no matter what was said at Almaty, the U.S. does not have its own house in order to make a deal and is not serious about resolving the nuclear dispute peacefully,” says Jamal Abdi, policy director of the National Iranian American Council.