by Conn Hallinan | Sep 17, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
Thinking about U.S. foreign policy these days brings to mind a line from songwriter/comedian Tom Lehrer: if you are feeling like a Christian Scientist with appendicitis you have good reason. 1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is creating a Rapid...
by John Feffer | Jul 30, 2014 | Redev, War & Peace
For all the hands shaken and hamburgers eaten, President Obama has never quite shaken his reputation for detachment. He is the “cool” president who doesn’t lose his temper even when he should. He is the former constitutional law professor who is too “academic” for the...
by Vicky Kelberer | Jul 9, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
Criticism of the Obama administration’s foreign policy approach has reached a boiling point. The president’s loudest critics—chiefly those on the hawkish right, but also so-called liberal interventionists—fault him for hesitating to use military force in a host of...
by John Feffer | Apr 9, 2014 | Redev, War & Peace
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization just hit 65. That’s retirement age, especially for an alliance structure that was born, grew up, and prospered during a bygone era. The war in Afghanistan is winding down. European countries are, by and large, reducing their...
by Sufyan bin Uzayr | Mar 24, 2014 | Redev, Uncategorized
Back on March 4, American President Barack Obama talked about the crisis in Crimea: “There is a strong belief that Russia’s action is violating international law. I know President Putin seems to have a different set of lawyers making a different set of...
