Nadya Tannous identifies opportunities for challenging Israel’s bedrock claim on U.S. regional priorities.
Restricting US Military Aid to Israel
Category: International
Declining Anglo-Saxon Powers Intensify Alliance
UPDATED: The new U.S.-U.K-Australia military pact can be seen as a further indication of the nervousness in Washington, London and Canberra over the further decline of Anglo-Saxon power, writes Joe Lauria.
What US Defeat in Afghanistan Means for China
For the implications of U.S. global power, the collapse of Kabul was incomparably worse than the fall of Saigon, writes Alfred W. McCoy.
That $14 Trillion Spent by Pentagon Since 9/11
Corporate behemoths such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing and General Dynamics have been hoovering up much of that money, according to this analysis.
A Forever Foreign Policy Debate
America’s failure to heed Eisenhower’s warning about the military industrial complex can be blamed on U.S. democracy itself, writes Lawrence Davidson.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Whatever Happened to the Ba’ath Party?
It now stands for torture chambers and car bombs, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. But there was a time when Ba’athists could have inherited the mantle of Nasser and the cause of Arab unity.
What Next After 20 Years of War in Afghanistan?
James W. Carden interviews scholar and journalist Anatol Lieven on the U.S. legacy and the Taliban’s Rise.
Solely Because of the Increasing Disorder
Poverty, war, social despair and climate change: Vijay Prashad says this system has no solution to the problems it creates.
Chris Hedges: The Evil America Does Is the Evil It Gets
The hijackers who carried out the attacks on 9/11, like all radical jihadist groups in the Middle East, spoke to the U.S. in the murderous language it taught them.
9/11: Why Americans Were Never Told Why They Were Attacked
When Western media discusses terrorism against the West, such as 9/11, the motive is almost always left out, even when the terrorists state they are avenging longstanding Western violence in the Muslim world, reports Joe Lauria.