The U.S. and the UK have collaborated in Iraq and countless other endeavors over many generations. In this piece in the Financial Times, Martin Wolf argue that the ongoing presidential election may well determine the character of the next, and possibly final, era of Anglo-American hegemony. Wolf says it's all about the choice between conflict […]
U.S. military officials denied claims by the United Nations and the government of Afghanistan that an airstrike in Herat province killed over 90 Afghan civilians. A U.S. investigation into video archives and eyewitness accounts of the Aug. 22 raid found only five Afghan civilians were killed in the strike on the Taliban stronghold in western […]
Continuing on Moises Naim's theme of fixing double standards in American foreign policy (mentioned in my last post), Brookings Institution press recently published a book called Alliance Curse: How America Lost the Third World. Authored by Hilton L. Root, a professor at George Mason University's School of Public Policy, the book argues that US policy […]
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) has released part 4 of the series “Knights of Martyrdom”. I previously wrote a post providing an analysis of part 3, which appeared back in July, highlighting indications that the group's al-Furqan Media Group was on the decline. Part 4 comes as Iraqi officials claim that the country is now free […]
The Hague released the Serbian Navy admiral who commanded the shelling of Dubrovnik in 1991 today, announcing that his 7-year sentence had been cut short due to good behavior. Miodrag Jokic was commander of the local Serbian navy and was convicted in 2003 of commanding a portion of the bombardment during which two civilians were […]
I wrote recently about some truly exciting developments in soil reclamation with enormous potential for agriculture. (See The Earth.) There is great news in much of this if we pay attention and give these low-tech, largely low-energy-intensive approaches the focus they deserve. The (really) bad news is that although fertilizers have increased agricultural output over […]
Let's take a step back and review the situation with Russia and Georgia. Georgia attacked the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Russia invaded Georgia to defend South Ossetia, and proceeded farther into Georgia proper, then retreated somewhat to an expanded security zone, still inside Georgia, and now has recognized the independence of South Ossetia and […]
The Times of London is this week publishing excerpts from a book by its chief foreign commentator, Bronwen Maddox, In Defence of America, due for release September 11. The first extract, "America is not an environmental villain,’ which appeared September 1, argues that although the United States emits the second highest amount of greenhouse gases […]
Award winning American journalist and host of Democracy Now! (DN), Amy Goodman, was arrested at the opening of the Republican National Convention in St.Paul. Two of DN's producers were also cuffed as were another 280 people. According to DN's website, Amy was arrested when she questioned officers why her two producers were detained. She is […]
How does an Iraqi province renowned for its orange and date groves devolve into a hotbed of suicide bombings and civil unrest? Diyala, an agricultural region of almost 7,000 square miles directly northeast of Baghdad, has become one of the most dangerous places in Iraq. The escalating trend of violence continued on Tuesday, as a […]
I wasn't sure that I should repost the picture of this piece of "art" here, but without a picture it is really impossible to imagine what a crucified frog would look like. In fact, I almost missed this story altogether – but last week the Museum in Bolzano announced that it would not take down […]
The world of "religion and politics" just got a whole lot more interesting now that the Republican Party has chosen a woman to be their Vice-Presidential candidate, who also happens to be an evangelical Christian. She is also the first woman on a party ticket since 1984 (Ferraro). Sarah Palin, who has been the Governor […]
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