Anti Americanism

An Interview With Nadeem F. Paracha

Sobia Ali | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Pakistani Youth, Anti-Americanism, Pakistan Democracy, Pakistan, Nadeem Farooq Paracha, Pakistani-Politics, Voices of Pakistan, World News

"Now's the time for the United States to adjust its ways and try more to engage with the people of Pakistan through their representatives in the shape of the country's mainstream political parties."

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See Real Evil, Do No Evil

Jenna Arnold | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Dead, Global Lens, Activism, American Pop Culture, Anti-Americanism, 9/11, Osama Bin Laden Killed, Seeds of Peace, Solyia, Impact News

I will take this event as a time of reflection, a time to remember those who perished on September 11, 2001, and the many others who lost their lives to the workings of Osama bin Laden.

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WikiLeaks Exposes Pakistan's Rhetoric

Aparna Pande | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S., America, Pakistan, Communism, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, American Aid, Anti-Americanism, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, Al Qaeda, F-16 Aircrafts, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Cold War, Kerry-Lugar Bill, Wikileaks, World News

WikiLeaks has stirred a tempest in Pakistan. But the real question is why Pakistani leaders need to be so obsequious in private when their anti-American rhetoric is so bombastic in public.

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To Obama: Egypt Is at Dangerous Crossroads

Aladdin Elaasar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Hosny Mubarak, Copts, America, Iran?S Shah, USA, Egypt, Civil Liberties, Anti-Americanism, International Relations, World News

As President Mubarak is in a hospital in Germany with no apparent successor, Egyptian Americans call upon President Obama to re-evaluate American/Egyptian relations.

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U.S. Needs a New Public Diplomacy Strategy for Russia

Philip Seib | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Victory Day, Russia, Anti-Americanism, Public Diplomacy, State Department, World News

Is this finally the new Russia, reaching out without the defensiveness that has so long characterized its attitude toward the rest of world? Particularly with regard to the United States, the answer, unfortunately, is still "No."

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What's the French for 'Paradox'?

Rory Fitzgerald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: French National Debate, Muslim Immigration, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Anti-Americanism, World, French Identity, France, Europe, Paris, Comedy, Nicolas Sarkozy, Culture, Normandy Invasion, World News

This is but one of the paradoxes at the heart of the French identity: They profess to disdain everything American, but if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they must love Uncle Sam.

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Obama and the Arab World: The Honeymoon Is Really Over Now

Shadi Hamid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Opinion, Anti-Americanism, u.s. Foreign Policy, Middle East, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, World News

I'm beginning to sense Arab disappointment with President Obama -- both understandable and expected -- turning into something altogether more worrying.

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Kerry-Lugar Aid Bill Viewed Warily By Pakistanis

nytimes.com | Salman Masood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Aid Pakistan, Kerry-Lugar Bill, Anti-Americanism, Foreign Affairs, Kerry-Lugar, Pakistan US Aid, Pakistan, Anti-Americanism Pakistan, World News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan As the Obama administration weighs a shift in its military strategy in Afghanistan, it is also stepping up its efforts to increase...

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Bans, Bans, Bans... How Demonising Adults Has Become Popular

Alan Miller | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Anti-Americanism, Obesity, Child Safety, Smoking Ban, Barack Obama, Childhood Obesity, Trans Fat Ban, Healthy Living News

It has become increasingly the case that the sentiment is one that people generally are irresponsible and in need of supervision from bureaucratic politicians. This is extremely dangerous.

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Clinton In Pakistan Confronts Rising Anti-Americanism

nytimes.com | MARK LANDLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Pakistan, Hillary Clinton Pakistan, Clinton Pakistan, Anti-Americanism, Peshawar Bombing, Pakistan, Anti-Americanism Pakistan, Clinton in Pakistan, World News

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Americans and Ramallah Youth

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Intifada, Barak Obama, Anti-Americanism, Americans, Palestinians, America, Usaid, Young Palestinians and Obama, Young Palestinians, Usaid Palestine, Barack Obama Palestinians, Fatah, World News

Has it become acceptable among Palestinians to wear a hat or a T-shirt praising Americans? The answer most respondents had can be summarized in two words: Barack Obama.

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The Winter Olympics -- Cough -- Welcomes You

Giles Slade | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richmond B.C., Alaska, Steven Colbert, Jim Carey, Winter Olympics, Anti-Americanism, Jon Stewart, Vancouver Olympics, Mormonism, Canada, Vancouver International Airport, Utah, Speedskating, Sarah Palin, Whistler Olympics, World News

I warn you: smallness is what to expect of your Canadian hosts, and this is why tourism in this beautiful country is still a shabby disaster.

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Post-Election Iran: What America Must Do Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of the Press, Dialogue, Palestine, Women's Rights, Hostages, Martyrdom, President Obama, Reformist, Obama, Iran, Iran-Contra, Revolution, Freedom, Israel, Khomeini, Ayatollah, Islamist, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian, Afghanistan, Cultural Revolution, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Khatami, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Superpower, Iranian-Presidential-Election, Iraq, Muslim, Non-Muslim, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran News, Iran Election, Iran Elections, Iran Election News, Election Iran, Shirin Sadeghi Post-Election Iran, World News

The Iranian Republic requires American antagonism to uphold its regional influence and its stranglehold on the Iranian people - the United States should deprive it of this gift.

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In Lebanon, Students Find Hero In Iraqi Shoe Thrower

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 05.25.2011

* Scroll down for video As former President Carter ended his trip to Lebanon where he spoke to a crowd of students about peace and was only interrupt...

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Time to Call Off the Predators?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

No single issue that has fueled the flames of anti-Americanism in Pakistan more than the bombings of their country by our Predator drones.

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Poverty Fueling Muslim Anti-West Tendencies: Study

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Middle East, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Muslim, Muslims, Anti-West, Anti-Americanism, Poverty, Gallup, Gallup Polls, Gallup Poll, Gallup Study, Religion, World News

LONDON — Joblessness and poverty are a more potent source of tension between Muslims and wider European and U.S. society than religious differen...

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Letting Texas Secede

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Wind Power, Supreme Court, Phil Gramm, Willie Nelson, Obama, Tibet, Arizona, Canada, Sxsw, Civil Rights, Military, New Mexico, Racism, Hurricane Katrina, Oklahoma, Constitution, Wikipedia, Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Karl Rove, Bible, California, Crime, War, Mexico, United States, Texas, Anti-Americanism, Darwin, Oil, Florida, Texas Secession, Alberto Gonzales, Unions, Politics News

Governor Rick Perry of Texas brought up the specter of Secession recently and upon polling, a fair amount of Texans and other Americans seem to think Texas seceding from the US would be a good idea.

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Iranian Snub? Not Quite

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

There is a very important reason for Iran's reluctance to change its tone overnight. It is due to a political trend I call the "cult of anti-Americanism."

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Is Russia Ready To Make Nice?

Robert Coalson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Hillary Clinton, Anti-Americanism, Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin, World News

Ever since U.S. Vice President Joe Biden brought forth the "reset-button" theory of U.S.-Russia relations last month, there has been a seeming flood o...

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Holbrooke Visits Wary U.S. Ally In Pakistan

New York Times | Jane Perlez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Holbrooke Obama, Anti-Americanism, Islamist Militants, Afghanistan, Islamists, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Al Qaeda, World News

When the envoy Richard C. Holbrooke arrives here Monday looking for ways to stop a runaway Islamist insurgency that is destabilizing Pakistan, he will...

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Iran's Anti-Americanism Not Easily Undone With New US President

The Christian Science Monitor | Scott Peterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Obama Iran, Ayatollah, Anti-Americanism, Obama Ahmadinejad, Iran Ayatollah, Tehran and US, Ayatollah Ali Khameni, Tehran Diplomacy, Tehran, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ahmadinejad, World News

"On that day when the United States of America will praise us, we should mourn," said Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revol...

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Obama and Anti-Americanism

Sunil Adam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Americanism, Islam, Middle East, Obama, Terrorism, Blacks, Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Muslim World, World News

Without taking anything away from his charismatic appeal, not to mention his policy proposals, could Obama's popularity outside of sub-Saharan Africa be considered an expression of anti-Americanism?

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How Obama Can Win the World's Trust

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Anti-Americanism, Tharoor, Shashi Tharoor, Obama, America's Image in the World, Shashi, Barack Obama, International, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News

America has no need to act as if it has nothing to teach the rest of the world. The best way to do so is to revive America's finest traditions.

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Ahmadinejad's Letter To Obama, His Response, and Its Impact on the Islamic World

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: u.s. Foreign Policy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Plan, Anti-Americanism, War on Terror, Muslims, Saudi Arabia, George W. Bush, 9/11, Iraq, Barack Hussein Obama, Hamas, Barack Obama, Shiites, Politics News

Obama's response to Ahmadinejad's congratulations letter could be the first step toward drawing a new foreign policy framework in order to bring the United States on the right track.

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Patriotism Reclaimed by a Fake American

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama, Afghanistan, Election, 2012, Patriotism, John McCain, Anti-Americanism, Palin 2012, Barack Obama, Socialists, Politics News

Surely the ugliest legacy of the presidential campaign was this resurgence of the right-wing Republican idea of a patriotic "real America" battling against the evils of leftist ideology.

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