The lumbering aircraft carrier known as the United States should be executing a pivot that lives up to its name: a shift from the martial to the pacific.
The Asia-Pacific Pivot: More Smoke Than Firepower
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Amanda Knox Trial: Italian Judiciary Attempts to Save Face, Winds up With More Egg on It
The Amanda Knox case should serve as a clarion call for fair judicial outcomes for everyone everywhere, including in the U.S.
The Surveillance Blitz
Our privacy is getting hit from two sides — from corporations as well as the government.
SOTU: Obama Grades His Foreign Policy
Former law professor Barack Obama went into surprising depth on issues of war and peace during his fifth State of the Union address. Here’s how he should grade himself.
Colombia: Success Story or Cautionary Tale?
Washington’s pursuit of trade with Colombia — encapsulated by the recent U.S.-Colombia free-trade agreement — is abetting human rights abuses and marginalizing Colombian activists.
Demoralized “Missileers” Unwittingly Make Case for Disarmament
To some in the U.S. missile launch force, their command is the Air Force’s Siberia.
Haiti: Billions in Aid, Pennies in Progress Since Earthquake
Four years since its devastating earthquake, progress in Haiti is slow and reconstruction efforts are lacking at best.
Netanyahu vs. the Spooks
Right-wing Israeli politicians like to boast about their country’s famed intelligence service, but they’ve gotten good at ignoring it when it tells them things they don’t want to hear.
Typhoons and Tigers: Why Taiwan Has Outpaced the Philippines
If it weren’t for decades of Western-backed political and economic repression, the Philippines might have joined the Asian Tigers years ago.
Missile Force: First Safety Violations, Then a Drunken Commander, Now Cheating
Yet another scandal for the ICBM launch force at Malmstrom Air Force Base.