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By Way of Power 27 Aug 2013 | 02:18 am
There has been much talk lately of the perceived decline of the United States as a world power, and of the rise of China. But the soothsayers should take a closer look at the omens, because the signs ...
A Dismal Record 23 Aug 2013 | 03:04 am
As the world watches the deadly clashes between rioters and soldiers in the burning streets of Cairo, it doesn’t know that there’s another danger shaping up behind the scenes – one in which the army c...
A New Reality 20 Aug 2013 | 02:37 am
China is on the rise. Its GDP will soon exceed that of the United States. It aspires to be acknowledged as a great world power. It is flexing its military muscle in ways that challenge the effective h...
Saving Transparency? 16 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am
Many people see Bradley Manning as a traitor who betrayed the United States by leaking classified military information. History will judge him differently. It will show that, far from being a turncoat...
Collecting it All 13 Aug 2013 | 02:56 am
Since the tragic events of 9/11, the U.S. government has been collecting vast amounts of information through domestic surveillance of its citizens. These mountains of metadata have compromised the bas...
No End in Sight 9 Aug 2013 | 01:03 am
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the international community have one thing in common: They’re wrong about Syria. Assad believes he will triumph over the revolutionaries and hold on to power. He ...
On the Brink 5 Aug 2013 | 11:21 pm
Global warming and climate change present humankind with one of the greatest challenges in the history of our species. While there is now broad acknowledgment of this fact, for those of us in the worl...
No Time to Waste 2 Aug 2013 | 04:11 am
The election of Nawaz Sharif this past spring as prime minister of Pakistan offers cause for cautious optimism. Pakistan has an almost intractable set of problems, and Sharif has the understanding, ex...
An Elusive Peace 30 Jul 2013 | 02:55 am
The biggest obstacle to a settlement between Israelis and Palestinians today can be summed up very simply: Israel’s unwillingness to work for peace. It is benefiting materially and financially from it...
A Long Way to Go 26 Jul 2013 | 02:02 am
In 2012, when a 23-year-old woman was beaten and gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi, India reacted in horror and outrage. But perhaps the horror was so deeply felt, and the outrage so widespread, becaus...
