Debating Syria
Recently, the Washington Post and the New York Times squared off with diametrically opposed editorials on Syria.
Recently, the Washington Post and the New York Times squared off with diametrically opposed editorials on Syria.
AP | Posted 04.07.2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says it is important to resolve the ongoing conflict in Syria without outside military intervention. ...
The European Magazine | Posted 03.24.2012
The Iraq war will haunt not only U.S. policy-makers but also their European counterparts for years. The dividing lines over Libya differed from those over Iraq, yet it was clear that there was still no EU consensus on the criteria for the use of force.
John Feffer | Posted 03.18.2012
Getting rid of the problematic personality at the top is a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for change. It's the entire Syrian political structure that must change.
Doug Bandow | Posted 10.01.2011
Iraq is ending like most wars -- far more costly in blood and treasure and far worse in geopolitical effects than expected. The U.S. should not have invaded Iraq. President Obama can't undo the ill effects of the war, but he can avoid the costs of a permanent occupation.
Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 06.21.2011
The decision by France, Britain, and Italy to send small teams of military advisers to Libya to help the rebels has raised questions about whether this is the start of foreign ground troops.
Allan Gerson | Posted 06.06.2011
In considering the response of President Obama and the State Department to the Libya crisis, immediate parallels to Ronald Reagan's Grenada experience come to mind.
Doug Bandow | Posted 06.05.2011
War should be a last resort. In Libya, President Obama has made it his first choice.
Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.28.2011
The alternatives in Libya are clear. Either terrorist insanity, or the humble, patient, difficult, interminable invention of democracy. That's the way it is.
Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 05.25.2011
As international efforts to create a no-fly zone over Libya continued into their sixth day, debate has increased about a UN resolution effectively ord...
Jake Diliberto | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama's attack in Libya is as ill advised and mismanaged as his Afghanistan surge or his domestic stimulus-spending circus. Without the approval of t...
Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama's recent trips to the G-20 and the Summit of the Americas have underscored his fundamental realignment of American foreign policy.
Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011
The alleged support by the United States... of the violent uprising in eastern Bolivia has led U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg's expulsion from La Paz.
John Feffer | Posted 04.24.2012