Obama in the Thicket of "Afghaniranistan"
Obama is in a multi-faceted complex of geopolitical crises. He is actively using military force in two of the countries, and has threatened, at the least, tough sanctions in the third.
Obama is in a multi-faceted complex of geopolitical crises. He is actively using military force in two of the countries, and has threatened, at the least, tough sanctions in the third.
Sabria Jawhar | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
Good-minded people who see a need to teach tolerance and engage in civil discussion are cowed into submission by the shouters.
John Feffer | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
We have our suicide bombers -- we call them heroes. We have our culture of indoctrination -- we call it basic training. We kill civilians -- we call it collateral damage.
William Bradley | Posted 07.09.2009 | World
On Thursday in Cairo, Obama gave his rhetorical best to reposition a mostly peaceful America in the future of the Muslim world. On Saturday in Normandy, he reminded of America's glittering past.
Huffington Post Contributor | Emi Foulk | Posted 06.07.2009 | World
by Emi Foulk The swelling power of the Taliban in Pakistan - or "Talibanistan," as The Nation so pithily put it - has caused much alarm amongst Ameri...
Sanjeev Bery | Posted 06.05.2009 | World
Deepak Chopra ignores the complexities of history and blithely proclaims that Muslims should take responsibility for a whole host of enemies: oligarchs, military regimes, anti-Semites, jihadis.
Times Of India | Posted 05.08.2009 | World
Abdullah laughs like any other 11-year-old, but he is no schoolboy. He is being touted as the world's youngest terrorist following his arrest. ...
Tom Hayden | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics
President Obama should maintain a deterrent posture while immediately accelerating diplomacy to meet legitimate Muslim goals, from a Palestinian state to genuine progress on Kashmir.
Hedieh Mirahmadi | Posted 04.26.2009 | World
We must remember the Taliban is not a monolithic entity. It's worth attempting to separate the "accidental guerilla" from the "global jihadist."
Richard Bennet | Posted 02.09.2009 | World
Perhaps as a result of a decrease in the amount of aid given to Bosnia, ethnic tension is on the rise and many have even forecasted the possibility of renewed violence.
Father Paul Mayer | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics
In Afghanistan we find a bloody quagmire so hopeless that ordinary Afghanis are not sure who to fear more -- the American occupiers or the often ruthless Taliban.
Wired | Posted 01.10.2009 | World
Royerinchicago A growing chorus of intelligence officials in the U.S. and in south Asia have pinned the Mumbai attacks on the Kashmir-based militants ...
The Real News | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics
US intelligence agencies believe that members of Pakistan's spy service, the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, helped plan the deadly July 7th bombing of India's embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The author of a much-discussed op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor -- which charged that former Gov. Mitt Romney said he would likely not appoint a...
William Bradley | Posted 10.21.2009 | World