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September 11th Didn't Change the World. September 12th Did
September 2011
Phyllis Bennis

It wasn’t the events of September 11th that changed the world, but the events of September 12th and beyond, when the Bush administration took the world to war in response; that changed the world, and continues to threaten U.S. and global security, and shred U.S. democracy.

Staying in Afghanistan: Unending occupation
August 2011
Ross Eventon

While the US focuses on consolidating its permanent military presence in Afghanistan, designed to guard and exploit Central Asian energy reserves, its earlier rational "to fight terrorism" is a faded memory. Afghanis, meanwhile, continue to lose their lives and humanitarian conditions worsen.

The Crisis of Humanitarian Intervention
August 2011
Walden Bello

Events in Libya and Syria have again brought the legitimacy of armed humanitarian intervention and so-called “responsibility to protect” into question.

The Afghanistan War in the Mirror of the Tet Offensive
August 2011
Richard Falk

U.S. foreign policy still fails to incorporate the lessons learned from the Tet Offensive. The refusal to admit goals weren't achieved in Afghanistan is frustrating to say the least.

Victory in Afghanistan
August 2011
Ross Eventon

Debate over the 10-year-plus war in Afghanistan tends to focus on how and when it "can be won," obscuring the fundamental question of whether it was morally acceptable in the first place. Now as the US gets closer to consolidating its imperial presence in the region for decades to come, the...

Turkey, the Region, and the West after the Elections
June 2011
Richard Falk
 Hilal Elver

American newspapers lead the new angle of biased critisim on Turkey. Such a shame because Ankara has proven to be an independant regional influence in the Middle East, with its own brand of soft power diplomacy.

Obama offers token troop withdrawals in Afghanistan while maintaining "war on terror” mindset
June 2011
Phyllis Bennis

President Obama passed up an opportunity to end the war in Afghanistan and respect the views of the vast majority of the American people.

The Emerging Geo-Strategic Landscape in Central Asia
June 2011
Ross Eventon

Recent developments in Afghanistan suggest the New Great Game is intensifying in Central Asia.

A Shameless Secretary General versus Freedom Flotilla 2
June 2011
Richard Falk

A year after Israel's violent attack on the first aid flotilla, it has failed to keep its promise to end the blockade of Gaza, where the humanitarian crisis continues to worsen. The second flotilla planned this year will again try to ease conditions, amid the failure of political actors to bring...

India and Pakistan's hope after Osama
May 2011
Praful Bidwai

Bin Laden's demise may mark a turning point in the relationship between India and Pakistan.

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