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Now Is the Time to Think Big in the Middle East

August 9, 2006
Israel’s dual conflicts with Hamas and Hezbollah amount to a war by proxy, according to German author Joschka Fischer, who suggests that the two groups coordinated attacks to provoke an extreme response from Israel. Backing the attacks are Syria and Iran, which seek greater control throughout the...

YG: Globalization and the Threat to Democracy

Samir Nazareth
September 10, 2019

US Rebuffs Iran Offer of Nuclear Talks

July 14, 2003
Although Iran has indicated its willingness to open direct talks with the US regarding its nuclear program, the Bush administration has not shown any interest. The Administration seems content to work with Europe and Japan to keep economic pressure on Iran. This latest offer of talk is seen as an...

Syrian Conflict Promises Toxic Outcome

Leonard S. Spector
June 26, 2012

Creating Islamist Phantoms

August 30, 2005
In a Guardian commentary, Adam Curtis writes that it was a mistake, in the wake of 9/11, for the West to exaggerate the status of al-Qaida by painting a hyperbolic picture of an organized and far-reaching terrorist network. Curtis suggests that the true threat came not from a sophisticated network...

全球化与政治

September 17, 2008
         面对遭受重创的美国经济和五年来最高的失业率，一些美国总统候选人倾向于匆忙举起反贸易模式（anti-trade mode）这面大旗。指责外国人乃是取巧之举,而且也是为了吸引选票。但是，美国却并没有找到其经济灾难的根源，《商业世界》（Businessworld）专栏作家钱安达（Nayan Chanda）指出了这一点。外包只是全球化这枚硬币的一个方面；在相反的另一方面，许多国家在继续把它们自己的许多工作外包给美国，对这一显见的事实美国政客们却避而不谈。...

We Can Still Pursue an Ethical Foreign Policy

March 22, 2007
The world expects powerful nations to intervene when the vulnerable are attacked. The reckless invasion of Iraq by the US and the UK has since complicated such worthy international goals, writes columnist Adrian Hamilton for “The Independent.” Most US and UK citizens, while opposing the Iraq war,...

Earth's Climate History: Implications for Tomorrow

James E. Hansen, Makiko Sato
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