Many fear that militias will interfere with Libyan elections.
Militias Still Have the Run of Libya
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War & Peace
The Crusades Are Back
Fear replaces rational thinking; FDR knew this. Most Americans don’t personally know any Muslims but we do know that those who caused 9/11 claimed to be Muslim. So today in 2012, we are in the grips of Islamophobia. The Institute for Policy Studies’ John Feffer has a new book out called Crusade 2.0 which sheds much needed light on the crusade of a thousand years ago and the similarities to current fears and policies.
Time for the Cut-Off: A Global Day of Action Against Military Spending
The costs of war already far outweigh the benefits, but the way our spending looks, war will be an enduring staple of our economy.
NORK Rocket Failure Affords West an Opportunity to Dial Down Condemnation
The threat of a North Korean ballistic missile attack on the American mainland is even further off than it was several hours ago.
Grand Poobah of R2P Goes All Travis Bickle on FPIF’s Zunes
When foreign minister of Australia, celebrated peace advocate Gareth Evans countenanced Indonesian slaughter in East Timor.
U.S. Only Lightening Grip on Reins of Afghan Night Raids
Whether U.S. or Afghan-led, night raids are still night raids.
Our Iran Policy on the Couch
It’s cause for celebration whenever subconscious motives breach the perimeter of international relations.
Arms Down
Every year, in the last two weeks of their final semester, a group of seniors in the 20th-century world history class at my high school played a mysterious game. They were honor-bound not to tell anyone what they were doing. All we knew was that, while their fellow seniors goofed off and marked time until graduation, this group of students were completely obsessed with…something. They were constantly in whispered negotiations, passing notes back and forth, passionately gesticulating. They seemed to be involved in a very serious, very adult activity. The rest of us were all intensely envious even as we made fun of their dorkiness.
The Undersea World of Ali Khamenei
In the middle of all the discussion of the possibility of attacks on Iran and a war in the Persian Gulf region, one factor in particular has been largely overlooked. The Iranians have evidently fallen in love with submarines.
April 17: Global Day of Reckoning
The time has come, once and for all, to realign our priorities to address the crises impacting our troubled world.