Just Foreign Policy’s Robert Naiman wonders whether Gandhi’s satyagraha can work in Afghanistan.
Could Gandhi Have Halted Night Raids?
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Note to Washington: China’s Monetary Moves Are Not a Conspiracy Against U.S.
The U.S. is ill-served by its paranoia about Chinese moves to enter its market. It needs Chinese savings to energize its economy.
Republican Go-to Guy on Nukes Keeps Obama Administration Twisting in the Wind on New START
Which is it, Senator Kyl? Is New START “relatively benign,” as you’ve called it, or ideologically unacceptable to you and other Republicans?
U.S. Wins the Merchant of Death Sweepstakes
What effect will Bout’s extradition to the United States by Thailand have on recent efforts by both Washington and Moscow to “reset” US-Russian relations”?
Contingencies, Not Domination, Behind Build-up of Chinese Navy
A close inspection of Chinese naval policy indicates that the Chinese are likely preparing for strategic contingencies and not for hegemonic domination of the high seas.
Fireground Rules, Part 1: When in Doubt, Cease and Desist
Foreign policy not producing “favorable outcomes?” First step: stop.
Republican Whip Kyl Sold (Literally) on New START
The staggering amount of money that the Obama administration is throwing at the nuclear weapons industry in return for ratification of START proving hard for the Senate to resist.
Tax Cuts and Trade: Is Obama Triangulating?
The Bush-negotiated, NAFTA-esque trade agreement with Korea that President Obama is pushing makes him look more Clintonian than ever.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Plate Is Already Full
Just freed from house arrest, Suu Kyi is being handed all of Burma’s human rights issues.
An Open Letter to President Obama, Or Change I believed in
Dear President Obama,
You’re not the man I thought you were.
Most progressives have no problem finding flaws with your first years as President to criticize you about, whether it’s the whittling down of the healthcare bill, decision to ramp up military operations in Afghanistan, failure to close Guantanamo, or deal effectively with Climate Change at Copenhagen.
For me however, it is the moments in which you have an opportunity to make a clear decision, with profound moral implications, and yet choose to act in a way that makes me ashamed to call you my President…