Western powers most recently the United States have smashed up the Mideast so thoroughly that many of the options now under review in Official Washington go from bad to worse but almost certainly can never put the region back together…
Category: Foreign Policy
Hillary Clinton’s Failed Libya ‘Doctrine’
The More Complex Truth of Benghazi
Fallout from the Gaza Blockade
Israel’s enforcement of its Gaza blockade has involved storming aid ships in international waters, including the 2010 assault on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara in which Israeli commandos killed nine people, a case that has now led to a lawsuit…
Secrecy and Hillary Clinton
Over-classification of documents is the weapon of choice wielded by the U.S. government to punish whistleblowers and keep the American people in the dark about its actions around the world. But the well-connected, like Hillary Clinton, get special forbearance, notes…
A Plea for Mideast Policy Realism
Will Obama Succumb to Pro-War Baiting?
Obama Bends to ‘Endless’ Afghan War
Colombia’s Bittersweet Peace Deal
Exclusive: After generations of warfare, Colombia finally has a negotiated model for peace, but the agreement is more a settlement between two battered parties than a moment of celebration. Still, it carries a promise of greater social equity and some…