If Keiko Fujimori is elected president of Peru, her association with Rudy Giuliani doesn’t bode well for the civil rights of Peruvians.
WikiLeaks: Saudi-Financed Madrassas More Widespread in Pakistan Than Thought
Some feel that if the United States continues to provide financial aid to Islamabad, it will be recognized as acceptance of flourishing Islamist extremism in Pakistan.
Nuclear Pits: Death in Its Most Concentrated Form
A new facility under construction in Los Alamos that’s pivotal to the manufacture of “nuclear pits” is emblematic of Americans’ ambivalence about nuclear weapons.
Fukushima Be Damned, Federal Court Brushes Off Seismic Nuke Risks
The United States can’t have it both ways: ratifying disarmament treaties while building facilities to arm nuclear warheads.
Casting Credibility to Winds, Republicans Attempt to Disarm Disarmament
After reluctantly passing New START, Republicans now seek to cripple it before it gets off the ground.
By Targeting Palestinian Civilians Israel Only Strengthens Influence of Islamist Ideologues
Hardliners, whether Israeli or Palestinian, do not desire a settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that ends in a negotiated peace, but an all-or-nothing end that justifies their ideological certainties.
Washington Needs to Provide Some Diplomatic Cover for Exposed Middle-Eastern Protesters
The Arab Spring requires a consistent approach to the shared clarion call of freedom throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
Raise Your Hand if You Think the Expansion of Our Nuclear-Industrial Complex Escapes Iran
The new nuclear-weapons complex that’s being built at Los Alamos is more seismically challenged than Fukushima and more expensive than Project Manhattan.
Daylight Opening Between U.S. and Israel Barely Visible to Naked Eye
Obama cannot continue publicly regretting the consequences to Palestinians of occupation while passing the ammunition to Israel.
WikiLeaks: Mauritanian Child Brides Embody the Dark Side of Globalization
Young Mauritanian girls married off to wealthy Saudis are used briefly as sex slaves and then discarded.