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Shifting Gears on Missile Defense Marks a Shift in U.S. Policy Toward Russia, with Immediate Impact on Iran

David Paul | Posted 09.27.2009 | World


David Paul

Ahmadinejad's normal swagger has been muted, perhaps with the realization that his days of manipulating Russia against the West have ended.

Missing Word, Missing World

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics


Tom Engelhardt

Maybe what we need is fewer lies, less wind, and a new, stripped-down, weeded out, more honest vocabulary for our political world, words that don't fall so far short of the world as it is.

After Mumbai

John Feffer | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics


John Feffer

This follow-the-leader effect may prove most horrific in the case of India. Believing neighboring Pakistan to be behind the Mumbai attacks, India is edging closer to its own war on terror.

7 Years Later: Could Civilians Be Key to Winning the War on Terror?

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


Frances Moore Lappe

More and more people around the world are disavowing violence against civilians, and support for terrorism is drying up.