Afraid to emit any radiation whatsoever into the atmosphere, Tepco let too much pressure build up at Fukushima.
Fear of Fukushima Radiation Only Led to More Radiation
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Human Rights
In Death, Hetherington and Hondros Stand in Mute Witness to Mankind’s Latest Savagery
We all owe a debt to Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros for their commitment, however costly, to chronicling man’s inhumanity to man.
Gulf of Mistrust: Iran and the Gulf Protests
Relations between Iran and the Gulf Arab states have always been marked by hostility and mistrust about mutual intentions. This mistrust has locked these states in a Cold War-like security dilemma. The Gulf elites who run the Gulf Cooperation Council have largely framed the recent popular protests in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain as Shi’a conspiracies backed by Iran intended to instigate instability and internal strife.
Taking R2P to the Next Level
Done properly, the U.N.’s Responsibility to Protect entails deployment of peacekeepers, provision of food and shelter, and democratic elections.
Enhanced Drone-Strike Accuracy Makes Accidents Look That Much More Suspicious
If U.S. is improving drone-strike accuracy in Pakistan, what happened on March 17 when 41, including women and children were killed?
From Baghdad’s Own Tahrir Square to Mosul: The Friday of the Free
“Iraqis have broken the chains. But the world is silent and apparently deaf and blind. Where is the free Western press?”
Tunisian Jews Resist Pressure From Israel to Emigrate
For the most part untroubled by anti-semitism, Tunisian Jews have little interest in emigrating to Israel.
Robert Kaplan Continues to Flog His Tribal Ruler Meme With Gaddafi, Gbagbo and Saleh
You might think that the poor critical reception he received for his book about tribal politics would make Robert Kaplan think twice before resurrecting the “warrior” leitmotif in relation to Gaddafi, Gbagbo, and Saleh.
Confronting the Urge to Urge on the Libyan Intervention
Humanitarian intervention, as in Libya, will never work until a time of — gasp! — world government.
Review: The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy
Canadian sociologist Metta Spencer’s career in Soviet-Western peace activism takes book form in her account of decades of democratic struggle in Russia, The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy. Drawing on a broad spectrum of activist and reformist perspectives from both sides of the Iron Curtain, Spencer dispels three false beliefs in her colorful, informative account of how the Cold War really ended.