The United States is claiming diplomatic immunity for a man who’s obviously no diplomat.
Raymond Davis: Insert Your Conspiracy Theory Here
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Democracy & Governance
Last Thing Washington Needs Is to Share Blame if Egypt Becomes Another Pakistan
Washington’s optimal position may be as a concerned bystander to developments in post-revolutionary Egypt.
Egyptian Protesters Dared to Stand on the “Edge of Chaos”
What if, facing a hyper-speed revolution in Egypt, Secretary of State Clinton and her advisors had sat together examining fractal structures, nonlinear dynamical systems, and models of self-organization? Say what?
Why Washington Clings to a Failed Middle-East Strategy
We face the distinct possibility that the U.S. national security bureaucracy will continue to deny the disastrous consequences of our client-regime national-security strategy.
How Lebanon Got So Complicated
In many ways, Lebanon resembled Ireland, where religion was used to drive a wedge between landless Catholics and privileged Protestants.
UN Again in the Crosshairs
The UN’s mythical black helicopters are back. The triumphant, reality-challenged new Republican majority in the House of Representatives imagine that they are flying in formation up the Potomac in a bid to take over the United States.
WikiLeaks XXXIV: Hu a “Cautious, Vacillating Leader” (Who Does That Sound Like?)
As in the United States, the military and big business in China aren’t shy about challenging the executive office.
The Year of Living Dangerously
Get ready for a rocky year. From now on, rising prices, powerful storms, severe droughts and floods, and other unexpected events are likely to play havoc with the fabric of global society, producing chaos and political unrest. Start with a simple fact: the prices of basic food staples are already approaching or exceeding their 2008 peaks, that year when deadly riots erupted in dozens of countries around the world.
Does the Taboo Against the Use of Nuclear Weapons Only Increase Their Allure?
Realism and ethics converge in the belief that nuclear weapon use is unthinkable.
WikiLeaks XXXII: Guatemalan President Colom Walks a Tightrope Between U.S. and Venezuela
Alvaro Colom signed an oil deal with Hugo Chavez while trying not to alienate the United States.