News Abroad

This Makes People Invisible

by Robert Jacobs

It's radiation.  Victims realize they are expendable and that their government and even their society are no longer invested in their well-being.

Five Myths about the “Surge” of Central American Immigrant Minors

by Robert Brenneman

Many of the assertions about what prompted the minors to set out in the first place and what will become of them if they stay miss the mark.

A Successful "Negotiation" of Israel-Palestine Peace Treaty

by Bernard Weiner

How peace could be made. 

Israel and Hamas Are Trapped Between Delusion and Denial

by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir

As Saul Bellow aptly put it, “a great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.”

Argentina Defaults. The U.S. Didn’t. You Think There's a Lesson in that?

by David O. Stewart

In 1790 speculators stood to gain, too. Hamilton paid them anyway.

This Woman Joined Scotland and England. Should Her Work Be Undone?

by James A. Winn

With the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence, it's time remember why Queen Anne worked to unite the two kingdoms.

Where Is The Passion for Peace?

by Walter G. Moss

Today, as conflicts and bloodshed occur in Ukraine (and Gaza, Syria, and elsewhere), we wonder why in the past century we have advanced so little in our ability to prevent such senseless wars.

America is Not Superman

by Jim Sleeper

Why the pundits were wrong.

After the Shooting Down of MH 17 ...  We Are All Waiting for Something to Happen

by Juliane Fuerst

On July 17, flight MH 17 fell out of the sky and into a field near a village in Eastern Ukraine. A few hours later the world had changed.

Putin's Hands May Be Bloody, but this Was No Re-Run of KAL 007

by Mark B. Tauger

While the claims of denial may be similar, however, the comparison between the events themselves does not hold up.

Is this What 1914 Looks Like in the 21st Century?

by Jonathan Schell

Then came the attack of September 11th.

Three Lessons We Need to Heed from the Soviet Downing of KAL 007

by Walter G. Moss

Gorbachev and Reagan found a way to end the Cold War. Presidents Putin and Obama need to follow their example.

The Curse of The Occupation

by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir

To be sure, occupation is a curse that dehumanizes both the occupier and the occupied. It runs contrary to every tenet of humanity.

Is It 1914 All Over Again, Only this Time in Asia?

by Tom Clifford

No one in Asia is expecting war, but there is whiff of something in the air.

Why Does Hamas Want War?

by Daniel Pipes

"The holy grail of political warfare is to win the sympathy of the global Left by presenting oneself as underdog and victim."

Israel’s Groundhog Day: Reverse Snowballs and the Horror of Lawn-Mowing

by Juan Cole

"The Israelis, the Palestinians and the world are doomed to relive these periodic slaughters over and over again, until slowly, inexorably, they further corrupt the Israeli soul and make the Zionist enterprise so unlovely in the eyes of the world that it loses crucial support."

We Should All Be Frightened by What's Happening in Israel

by William Polk

With the killing of three Israeli teen-agers and the apparent revenge murder of a Palestinian youth – possibly burned to death – the hatred between Israelis and Palestinian has reached a new level of obscenity.

The 10 Questions You Need Answers to About the Caliphate

by Ali A. Olomi

What is significant about Al-Baghdadi’s caliphate?

We’ve Heard from John McCain. We Need to Hear from Someone Like George McGovern.

by Mike McQuillan

“It does not take any courage at all for a Congressman or Senator to wrap himself in the flag and say we are staying in Vietnam,” McGovern said in the Senate, “because it is not their blood that is being shed.”

Channeling George Washington: Losing the Initiative

by Thomas Fleming

"Essentially it’s a rather simple idea: seizing and keeping the initiative is crucial in a war."