by Phyllis Bennis, Kevin Martin | Aug 10, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
Members of Congress are fleeing Washington’s steam bath for their August recess, making this a key time for constituents to raise their voices on crucial issues. Right now, the biggest thing lawmakers must decide is whether they’ll join the 54 percent of voters who...
by Benjamin Tua | Aug 8, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
The profound changes occurring in the Middle East have led to exaggerated estimates of a decline of U.S. influence in the Middle East. There is a sense that the U.S. ability to “call the shots” has been diminished, and concern that the United States is likely to...
by Conn Hallinan | Aug 4, 2015 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
The recent agreement between Turkey and the United States to cooperate against the Islamic State in Syria brings to mind the sociologist C. Wright Mills’ description of those who make American foreign policy as “crackpot realists”: realists about...
by Russ Wellen | Aug 4, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
Despite how the Islamic State continues to seek to extend its territory and commit atrocities, the three main regional powers still can’t seem to keep their eyes on the ball. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Israel continue to prioritize other perceived threats instead. At...
by Keith K C Hui | Jul 21, 2015 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
Take a look at the map of the Middle East and North Africa. You can see many straight lines labeled as the ‘national’ boundaries of countries like Yemen, Oman, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Sudan and so on. These unnatural political borders which were arbitrarily sliced by...
