The last U.S. nuclear weapons deployed in Europe may be on their way home, ending more than 50 years of their deployment abroad. A new report on the future of these weapons shows that 24 NATO members seek to end deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe or will not block a NATO consensus decision to remove them. Only three countries are holding out, and only one is actively trying to break the emerging consensus. The coming months will be decisive for the future of the 200 or so U.S. nukes in Europe.
Regime Change in Libya Could Undermine U.S. Diplomatic Leverage
If attacking Libya’s forces leads to the deposal of Gaddafi, who has previously backed down to Western pressure, other states will question the point of cooperating with the West.
US Handing Off Libya From Ourselves to — Ourselves
The United States comprises the better part of NATO.
Juan Cole Challenges the Left “to Chew Gum and Walk at the Same Time”
Does U.S. intervention in Libya set a precedent for better or worse for a new breed of use of force?
Oh, for Those Halcyon Days When Nuclear Weapons Were Scarier Than Reactors
We shouldn’t let the much greater danger of nuclear weapons obscure the risks of nuclear energy.
Ed Schultz’s Transformation from Progressive Firebrand to Cruise-Missile Liberal
The Iraq War was approved by both congressional houses, but there’s been neither a vote nor even a debate on Libya.
Libya: “R2P” and Humanitarian Intervention Are Concepts Ripe for Exploitation
Even if one can justify the war on Libya on humanitarian grounds, this is probably not why it’s actually being fought.
Is the Libya Intervention Directed at China?
The Chinese know why the U.S. is bombing Libya but not challenging Bahrain and Yemen: Bahrain hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Yemen’s port of Aden provides access to the Red Sea.
Consistency Is the Hobgoblin of Those Who Oppose Supporting the Libyan Rebels
While it is deplorable that policymakers apply their moral outrage selectively, in accordance with perceived national interests, that does not mean we should abandon the moral impulse altogether for the sake of consistency.
Gaddafi’s Genocidal Buzzwords No Doubt Sent up Red Flag to Samantha Power
Gaddafi may not be in a position to incite genocide, but he can approximate it with massacres.