War Is Coming
(Interviewed by Louis James, Editor, International Speculator) L: Doug, last time we conversed, you said: "Let's talk about what Clausewitz called 'the extension of politics' next time – I think the odds are increasing that we may see war rear its ugly head again...
Iran Benefits from Arab Disillusion with Obama
U.S. President Barack Obama has suffered a sharp drop in popularity in the Arab world over the past year, and Iran may be reaping the benefits, according to a major new survey of public opinion in five Arab countries released here Thursday. Only 20 percent of...
Laos Takes Center Stage in Cluster Bombs Treaty
BANGKOK - After being relegated to the shadows for decades by its more powerful neighbors, Laos is finally taking the lead role in a global campaign to ban the use of cluster bombs. It is a role that the poverty-stricken South-east Asian nation of 6.3 million people...
Whose Hands? Whose Blood?
A Failure to Protect Civil Liberties
Iraq: We’re ‘Withdrawing’ – But Not Leaving
Thursday: 15 Iraqis Killed, 16 Wounded
Kurdish Refugees: ‘We’re Not Living, Just Not Dying’
SULEYMANIYA, Iraq - Compared to most internally displaced Kurds in northern Iraq, Shamal Qadir is almost lucky. Since the Turkish army devastated his village, Kuzine, in a bombing raid Jul. 1, he's been living in a schoolhouse, where room temperatures are comfortable...