North African Jewry has produced great philosophy, history, and medicine, as well as music, art and poetry.
START Stopper
Standing the New START treaty on its head.
The Amilcar Notes (Part 7): Tunisia’s Jews Then and Now (1 of 2)
The strange story of one of the few Jewish members of parliament in the Arab world.
Nuclear Weapons Make Rulers of States That Possess Them Hitlers Waiting to Happen
Nations still use Nazi Germany’s nascent nuclear-weapons program as a justification for developing or retaining nuclear weapons. Russ Wellen at the Foreign Policy in Focus blog Focal Points.
The Burr in Iran’s Saddle: Selective Enforcement of the NPT
People who live in glass disarmament houses shouldn’t throw nonproliferation stones.
Lost in Transition? Nork’s Nuclear Command and Control
It’s not exactly clear who, with Kim Jong-il’s death, exerts command and control over North Korea’s nuclear weapons.
Few Virtues to “Virtual Embassy in Iran”
Tying the “virtual embassy” in Iran with sanctions won’t help #virtualembassy trend on Iranian Twitter accounts.
The Amilcar Notes (Part 6): Tunisia — U.S. Recognizes Need to Change Its Mid-East Policy
Its policy toward Tunisia shows that the United States has finally realized — perhaps too late – how much damage it’s done in the Middle East.
Asia Stands Poised to Join 2011’s Global Revolution
If Asia takes a cue from the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street, the world’s governments might face the haunting specter of working people of all countries uniting.
The Year’s End Brings Real Disarmament That You Can Touch and Feel
It may not be much consolation to most Americans, but cuts to our nuclear-weapons program are a silver lining to our economic crisis.