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Across Spectrum, Politicians Condemn U.S.

May 14, 2004
As the sixtieth anniversary of D-Day approaches, German foreign minister Joschka Fischer arrived in Washington with glowing praise for US conduct during World War II. But his account of recent American military actions was strongly critical. As more details of the Iraqi prison abuse scandal emerge...

Russia and a New Democratic Realism

September 12, 2008
The weakened Russia of the 1990s has bulked up into a formidable nation that makes the former satellites of the Soviet Union uneasy. In the meantime, the US allowed negotiation opportunities and moral credibility to slip away. The US invasion of Iraq and support of separation for Kosovo handed an...

Russia Needs Options to Deal with China

Thomas Graham
May 3, 2016

Guide to Reform the Middle East? Try East Asia

Humphrey Hawksley
April 20, 2011

Threat Erodes Japan’s Pacifism

February 15, 2003
After decades of constitutional restrictions on offensive forces, Japan has reopened a national debate about the military. As part of its surrender after World War II, Japan agreed to dismantle its armed forces and since then has largely relied on the United States for military support. In the...

Pentagon Adviser is Stepping Down

March 28, 2003
Concerned that charges of corruption might distract the US from the war on Iraq, Richard Perle, a senior American defense official, resigned his post. Perle’s interactions with a Saudi arms dealer raised eyebrows this month. Similarly, Perle was hired to advise a communications company about its...

Summit Challenges

February 28, 2003
This opinion article in Egypt's Al-Ahram weekly says that the upcoming Arab summit must address two pressing issues: the impending war in Iraq and the plight of the Palestinians. The first issue requires a concerted effort on the part of Arab regimes to convince Saddam Hussein to comply with...

Lifting Africa's Debt Sentence

June 13, 2005
A summit of financial ministers from the G-8 announced on Saturday that 18 of the world's poorest nations, most of which are in sub-Saharan Africa, will be relieved of their debt burdens. The beneficiaries – deemed to have satisfactory governments and economic structures – were selected via an...
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