A thousand poles are blooming as new international blocs like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS Development Bank emerge to challenge Western economic and military hegemony.
Tunisia and the Upcoming Elections, Part One: Waste Deep in IMF Structural Adjustment
Claims of success for the “Tunisian transition” are premature.
Our National Security State Knows Everything about You but Nothing about the World
Americans are trading away their privacy, civil liberties, and billions of tax dollars for an intelligence complex that never seems to know what’s going on in the world.
Waiting for the Iranian Godot
The U.S. and its allies keep waiting on Iran to make more concessions on its nuclear enrichment program. But they’re missing the bigger picture.
The Khorasan Group Creation Myth
Glenn Greenwald’s report that the Khorasan group was hyped to mobilize support for attacking the Islamic State sounds credible.
Barack Obama and the Will to Fight
Obama is more than willing to stand up against the Islamic State. Too bad he wasn’t willing to stand up to his hawkish critics.
Here’s Everything Wrong with the White House’s War on the Islamic State
The Obama administration’s war plans in Iraq and Syria are illegal, ill-conceived, and destined to fail. Here’s what the U.S.—and you—can do instead.
Factionalism and Totalitarianism Are the Scylla and Charybdis of the Arab World
Is instability in the Arab world irreversible?
Bangladeshi Workers Organize to Protect Their Most Valuable Export: Themselves
Migrant domestic workers from Bangladesh enjoy little protection from their government, but they’re not alone.
The Only Way to Win in Iraq Is Not to Play
America is now fighting the Iraq War for the third time, somehow madly expecting different results, while guaranteeing only failure.