Richard Falk

How Afghanistan Can Avoid Becoming Another Vietnam

Mark Juergensmeyer | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Mark Juergensmeyer

Recently we convened a workshop of senior scholars of South Asia studies and asked them to evaluate the US role in the region. They agreed upon the following five principles as the bases for formulating a new policy

First Iran, Now Arabs Going Nuclear (Q&A with Richard Falk)

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 05.17.2009 | World


Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

I spoke to Richard Falk, Chair of the Board at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, about Iran's nuclear program and whether the Middle East is entering a nuclear arms race.

Israel Committed Human Rights Violations In Gaza: UN Investigators

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.23.2009 | World


Investigators reporting to the United Nations Human Rights Council Monday enumerated a number of human rights violations committed by Israel during it...

Richard Falk: Gaza Op Seems To Be War Crime Of Greatest Magnitude

Haaretz | Posted 04.20.2009 | World


A United Nations human rights investigator said on Thursday that Israel's offensive against Hamas in densely populated Gaza appeared to constitute a w...

Understanding the Gaza Catastrophe

Richard Falk | Posted 02.02.2009 | World


Richard Falk

The people of Gaza are victims of geopolitics at its inhumane worst: producing what Israel itself calls a 'total war' against an essentially defenseless society.

Israel Bans A UN Rapporteur Who Compares the Jewish State to Nazi Germany

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


Alan Dershowitz

Let Richard Falk spew his hate-speech on the Internet or other private soapboxes, but do not let his bigotry receive the imprimatur and funding of the United Nations.

Richard Falk, UN Rights Envoy, Speaks Out On Being Expelled From Israel (VIDEO)

Al Jazeera | Posted 01.17.2009 | World


The United Nation's top human rights official has condemned Israel's expulsion of Richard Falk, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in the Pal...

UN Human Rights Envoy Denied Entry To Israel

Jerusalem Post | HERB KEINON and JPOST.COM STAFF | Posted 01.15.2009 | World


Richard Falk, the UN Human Rights Council's special rapporteur on the situation of Palestinian human rights in the West Bank and Gaza, was denied entr...