Militarism News

The Bases of Empire: The global struggle against US military posts
There are over nine hundred US military bases around the world, which have a devastating political, environmental, and economic impact on the surrounding communities across the globe. In this introduction Catherine Lutz traces the network of US bases, and describes the campaigns to hold the US accountable for the damage its bases cause in the host countries.

Demystifying Africa’s Security
Jeremy Keenan
Review of African Political Economy, 8 October 2008
This article discusses the way in which the so-called “global war on terror” has been used by the Bush administration to justify the militarisation of Africa, how the region’s security experienced a ‘paradigm shift' with the launch of AFRICOM, and the ‘outsourcing’ of military activities to private security companies.

Iran in the crosshairs: How to prevent Washington's next war
Phyllis Bennis and the Iran team at the Institute for Policy Studies
March 2008
This report puts forward a critical civil society outlook on the EU’s 2007/2013 Financial Perspectives. Written by a Europe-wide civil society network it guarantees full expertise on the different topics and issues listed in the Multiannual Financial Framework's headings.

In the dragon’s lair
Herbert Docena, Foreign Policy in Focus, 26 February 2008
Since the closure of its military bases in the country in 1991, the United States has incrementally regained, transformed, and deepened its military presence and intervention in the Philippines. The manner in which the United States has attempted to re-establish basing in the Philippines illustrates its attempts to radically overhaul its global offensive capabilities to become more agile and efficient while overcoming mounting domestic opposition to its presence around the world.

Obama's policy on Iran
Phyllis Bennis interviewed
The Real News Network, 6 February 2008
Barack Obama's acknowledgement of the need to offer Iran a security guarantee against a possible US invasion puts him on a radically different course from Hillary Clinton, although his approach to Pakistan is still highly militaristic.

Project Butter Factory
Henk Slebos and the A.Q. Khan nuclear network
Frank Slijper, September 2007
This report is a comprehensive account of how the drive for profit, competing political interests and weak regulations in the Netherlands allowed the export of dual-use nuclear components to continue over a 30 year period. 

See the world's foreign military bases from outer space!
For the first time, more than 800 of the world's foreign military bases have been mapped using Google Earth technology. The programme enables you to see the global reach of foreign military bases from outer space and then zoom in close for aerial shots of key bases such as Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, the Nato Headquarters in Skopje Macedonia, or the imposing number of US bases on the small island of Okinawa, Japan.

9 June 2007
The World says NO to Israeli Occupation!
40 years of occupation of the Palestinian Territories

40 jaar bezetting 1967 - 2007
Ik ben ontzet! omdat de bezetting van de Palestijnse gebieden al 40 jaar duurt.

Resolution of the conference War, Imperialism and Resistance in West Asia 15 March 2007 

Declaration of the International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases

Abolition of foreign military bases
International conference, Quito, Ecquador, 5-9 March 2007

Protests against US military base, Manta, Equador - Video

Worldwide protests against US military bases - videos

Outposts of Empire: The case against foreign military bases
Sarah Irving, Wilbert van der Zeijden, Oscar Reyes
Outposts of Empire tells of the everyday effects of foreign military bases at a local or national level: the displacement of people; the democratic deficit and loss of sovereignty that bases cause; their devastating economic, environmental and health impacts; and impunity about the crime that bases bring with them, including sexual violence.

Lebanon's Donor Conference: Banking on Civil War March 2007
Gemma Galdon Clavell
A recent conference to provide ‘aid’ to Lebanon sent it a clear message: if you are on the verge of civil war, make sure you privatise and pay your foreign debt.

Escalating Threats of U.S. Attacks Against Iran 15 February 2007
Phyllis Bennis

Back from the brink 13 February 2007
The US and North Korea have reached an agreement at last. Might the US be clearing the decks of intractable Asian nuclear diplomacy in order to concentrate its forces on Iran, asks John Gittings.

US force-marches Israel over Syria 12 February 2007
Gabriel Kolko

Israel’s secret negotiations with Syria were disrupted by the US. Gabriel Kolko looks at the history of Israeli foreign policy and concludes that US influence has led it down a dangerous and destructive path.

Provoking Iran 10 February 2007
Praful Bidwai

An attack on Iran's nuclear facilities will have catastrophic political, economic, military and human consequences, argues Praful Bidwai. Diplomacy is the only way out.

Sunni, Shi’a and the “Trotskyists of Islam” 9 February 2007
Fred Halliday
The tensions between Islam's two major traditions are rooted more in current geopolitics than in differences of faith, says Fred Halliday.

Congress: Treat Iran War Like Contras War 7 February 2007
Phyllis Bennis
The newly Democrat-controlled Congress should use its constitutionally-mandated power to cut funds for the war to force an end to the war in Iraq, and stop the looming war with Iran, argues Phyllis Bennis.

India upgrades ties with Russia, cautiously 30 January
Praful Bidwai
Despite the disproportionate importance that India attaches to its “strategic partnership” with the United States, India has begun to strengthen its relations with Russia, its friend from the Cold War days. Praful Bidwai reports.

India-Pakistan ties set to improve, slowly 15 January 2007
Praful Bidwai
India and Pakistan have resumed their bilateral dialogue. Progress is slow, but they are at least commencing serious negotiations on the Kashmir issue for first time since 1964, writes Praful Bidwai.