by John Feffer | Dec 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Vol. 4, No. 51 Richard Nixon was the greatest peacemaker in U.S. history. He orchestrated the historic opening with Beijing. And he presided over the most significant arms control treaties of the détente period: the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and the ABM...
by Frida Berrigan, John Feffer | Oct 7, 2009 | War & Peace
On the eighth anniversary of the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, the spotlight is on the Obama administration’s evolving war strategy in a nation long known as the “graveyard of empires.” The current discourse on what is now...
by Megan Cheney, Jennifer Doak, Marcus Raskin | Aug 13, 2009 | Labor, Trade, & Finance, War & Peace
For years the United States has used military force as a Band-Aid for a wide-range of global problems ranging from the removal of dictators to ensuring access to global trade partners. Yet it’s clear that this has not been successful. For all of the money, time,...
by John Feffer, Hussein Yusuf | Jul 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
This is part of a strategic dialogue on Omar al-Bashir’s indictment. Find Meghan Stewart’s piece here and the responses here. The indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC) threatens peace and security in...
by John Feffer, Francis Njubi Nesbitt | Mar 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
While there is no doubt that President Barack Obama is winning hearts around world, the jury is still out on whether he can convince skeptical intellectuals. A surge in Afghanistan, residual troops in Iraq and the resumption of renditions in the Horn of Africa conjure...
