Algeria intended to send a message to the United States and France that Algeria can handle domestic terrorism.
The In Amenas Fiasco Throws Cold Water on the Algeria-U.S.-France Love Fest (Part Two)
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War & Peace
It’s All About Israel
If former Defence Secretary-designate Sen. Chuck Hagel’s lacklustre performance at his confirmation hearing Thursday heartened neo-conservatives and other hawks opposed to his nomination, those who argued that the Israel lobby has been exerting too great an influence on U.S. foreign policy were ecstatic. In fact, the degree to which Israel and the threat posed to it by Iran dominated the hearing was somewhat understated: The full transcript revealed that Israel was brought up no less than 178 times, followed closely by Iran with 171 mentions.
The Hagel Hearings: The Last Best Chance for the Truth About a Lost War and America’s War-Making Future
While Chuck Hagel ultimately voted to authorize the war in Iraq — despite grave misgivings — there is a perception that, in the future, Hagel would be reticent to plunge the United States into yet more reckless wars and a strong belief exists among his supporters that he will stand up for America’s sons and daughters in uniform. However, his seeming unwillingness to face up to, no less tell the whole truth about, the Vietnam War he saw should raise serious questions.
Cracks in the Eritrea Edifice
Discontent with President Isaias Afewerki reached a breaking point last week when rogue soldiers seized the Eritrean Information Ministry.
Non-nuclear Weapons States Forget How Much Power the NPT Affords Them
The NPT — a treaty in name only.
The In Amenas Fiasco Throws Cold Water on the Algeria-U.S.-France Love Fest (Part One)
Algeria intended to send a message to the United States and France s that Algeria can handle domestic terrorism.
Drones on Their Own at Home and Abroad
Drones are becoming simultaneously more fantastic and more ordinary at the same time.
Powering the Pacific “Pivot” With Leon and Chuck
It’s old, and likely thoroughly forgotten now, but last summer the Washington Post ran an excellent article on the U.S. military‘s “pivot” toward Asia, its origins, and its budget implications. It presented some meaningful background on where the pivot came from, and how it so quickly became dogma in Washington as the decade-long ground wars receded in the national rear-view mirror.
Who’s Degraded More: the Torture Victim or the Torturer?
Our national character is diminished in equal proportions to the degree to which our interrogation practices are “enhanced.”
Africa to the World: “Don’t Tell Us Who We Are or What To Do”
Africa will no longer accept being treated like a second-class continent.