by Emily Schwartz Greco, David Vine | Feb 25, 2009 | War & Peace
In the midst of an economic crisis that’s getting scarier by the day, it’s time to ask whether the nation can really afford some 1,000 military bases overseas. For those unfamiliar with the issue, you read that number correctly. One thousand. One thousand...
by Rubrick Biegon, Saif Rahman | Jan 29, 2009 | War & Peace
The recent spike in pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia has generated a great deal of international media attention, including news reports sprinkled with ubiquitous references to Long John Silver, Jack Sparrow, and Captain Hook. Commentators are quick to point...
by Miriam Pemberton, Rachel Stohl | Oct 3, 2007 | Human Rights, War & Peace
In July 2007 the General Accountability Office (GAO) found that nearly 200,000 U.S. weapons were unaccounted for in Iraq. The GAO blames poor accounting and distribution records for the missing weapons, and other reports have revealed that U.S. weapons have turned up...
by Frida Berrigan, Emira Woods | Sep 18, 2007 | War & Peace
A U.S. Army captain in Africa waxes philosophical. It’s like the old saying, he opines; “give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day, teach him how to fish and he’ll eat forever.” Is he talking about skills-building, or community empowerment?...
by Conn Hallinan, Miriam Pemberton | Aug 29, 2007 | War & Peace
According to the residents of Datta Khel, a town in Pakistan’s North Waziristan, three missiles streaked out of Afghanistan’s Pakitka Province and slammed into a Madrassa, or Islamic school, this past June. When the smoke cleared, the Asia Times reported,...
