Highlights
 
 Saul Landau

The End of the Monroe Doctrine

 Alan Bock

Eye on the Empire

 Doug Bandow

Bush Jr.'s Foreign Policy Legacy

 Chalmers Johnson

Sorrows of Empire
Israeli MP: Military Rabbi Turned Gaza Into Holy War    Iraq Parliament Fails to Elect New Speaker    Deal for Israeli Soldier, Gaza Truce Takes Form    Obama Putting Brake on Afghan Surge?    Obama's National Security Council Will Get New Power    Pakistan Key to US Success in Afghanistan, Says Biden    Shas' Rabbi: Voting for Lieberman Gives Strength to Satan    Top US Lawyer Warns of Deaths at Guantánamo    Israeli Arabs Fear a Gaza Backlash as Far Right Prepares for Power Role    British Cover-Up in Iraq: Shooting the Messenger    Israeli Elections: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid    KBR Wins Contract Despite Criminal Probe of Deaths    UK Suppressed Evidence on Torture Because MI6 Helped Interrogators    On the Trail of Torture: How Much Did Britain Know?    Iran: Sanctions Made Us Stronger    North Korea Expresses Openness to Nuclear Talks    US Commanders Favor Slower Iraq Pullout    El Salvador Withdraws Last Soldiers From Iraq    Biden: 'Dangerous' US-Russia Relations    Iraq: US Forces Wound 2 Civilians in Diwaniya    Associated Press CEO: Bush Turned Military Into Propaganda Machine    CIA Warns Obama That British Terrorists Are the Biggest Threat to the US    Ecuador's President Orders US Official to Leave    India's Congress Party Wants Pakistan Declared Terror State    Estonia Agrees With Iraq to Withdraw Forces    Iran: Nuclear, Space Progress Despite Sanctions    Obama Considering at Least 2 Longer Iraq Withdrawal Plans    Indecision Reigns as Israelis Get Ready to Vote    Protests as US Warship Docks in Nagasaki    Pentagon Walks Fine Line Between News, Propaganda    Biden to Iran: US Will Talk, but Is Ready to Act    Abolish Civilian Control Over Nukes?    Misreading the Iraqi Election Results    The Rewriting, Un-rewriting and Re-rewriting of History    Christian Support for Killing Iraqis    Panetta Too Deferential to Congress    The Nightmare of Netanyahu Returns    Would It Kill US to Apologize to Iran for the Coup?    
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News
Updated February 8, 2009 - 11:29 PM EST
Obama Putting the Brake on Afghan Surge?
 
  Pentagon: US on Track for Afghan Troop Deployments
  Biden: US Seeks Achievable Goals in Afghanistan
  Two NATO Supply Trucks Destroyed in NW Pakistan
US Commanders Favor Slower Iraq Pullout
 
  Obama Considering at Least 2 Longer Iraq Withdrawal Plans
  Iraq Parliament Fails to Elect New Speaker
  British Cover-Up in Iraq: Shooting the Messenger
MP: Military Rabbi Turned Gaza Into Holy War
 
  Deal for Israeli Soldier, Gaza Truce Takes Form
  Indecision Reigns as Israelis Get Ready to Vote
  A Look at Top PM Candidates in Israel's Election
Biden to Iran: US Will Talk, but Is Ready to Act
 
  US-Iran Ties Tense After Obama Offer
  Iran: Sanctions Made Us Stronger
CIA: British Terrorists Are Biggest Threat to US
 
  UK Suppressed Evidence on Torture Because MI6 Helped Interrogators
  Security Sources: Britain Under Attack From 20 Foreign Spy Agencies
Biden: 'Dangerous' US-Russia Relations
Pentagon Walks Fine Line Between News, Propaganda
Viewpoints
Panetta Too Deferential
to Congress  by Ray McGovern
Abolish Civilian Control
Over Nukes?  by Gordon Prather
The Rewriting, Un-rewriting and Re-rewriting of History  by Jim Rissman
Christian Support for Killing Iraqis
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Expanding War in Afghanistan
by Warren Mass
The Nightmare of Netanyahu Returns  by Johann Hari

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Frontline
9/11 Families Applaud Obama at Meeting on Guantánamo
Associated Press CEO: Bush Turned Military Into Propaganda Machine
Russia Says It Is Ready for More Arms Cuts
CentCom: Obama's Biggest Foreign Policy Challenge Is Pakistan
Obama's National Security Council Will Get New Power
Back on World Stage, a Larger-Than-Life Holbrooke
Shas' Rabbi: Voting for Lieberman Gives Strength to Satan
 
Iraq Occupation
US Forces Wound Two Civilians in Diwaniya
Estonia Agrees With Iraq to Withdraw Forces
El Salvador Withdraws Last Soldiers From Iraq
Staff Denies Michigan Rep. Pete Hoekstra Breached Security With Twitter Updates From Iraq
Number of Iraq Detainees Reduced, Says US Adviser
US Soldier Dies in Northern Iraq
Today in Iraq
Kurd PM Criticizes Troop Movement in Iraqi North
Falling Oil Price Could Hamper Iraqi Military
Al-Sadr Candidates Appeal Iraq Election Results
Iraq Ready to Issue Licenses to Foreign Airlines
Saturday: 1 US Soldier, 5 Iraqis Killed; 13 Iraqis Wounded
KBR/Haliburton
KBR Wins Contract Despite Criminal Probe of Deaths
KBR Nears Guilty Plea on Bribery Charges
Family of Slain Contractor Sues Halliburton, KBR
US Military
Nuclear Bomb Plants Could Shift to Control of Pentagon
Navy Warship Runs Aground Near Honolulu Airport
US Air Force Orders
15 Boeing C-17s
'War on Terror'
Top US Lawyer Warns of Deaths at Guantánamo
Afghan Guantánamo Prisoner Arrested Twice, Claims Innocence
Suspects Will Face Justice, Obama Tells Families of Terrorism Victims
On the Trail of Torture: How Much Did Britain Know?
Battles of Britain
UK Foreign Office Facing Big Cash Pressures: Report
Mystery Briton Is Key Witness in 'Merchant of Death' Arms Sting
Israeli Elections
Obama Administration Says US Will Pursue Peace No Matter Who Wins Israeli Election
Israeli Arabs Fear a Gaza Backlash as Far Right Prepares for Power Role
Palestinian PM: No Israeli Leader Has 'Reasonable Solution' to Conflict
Lieberman's Anti-Arab Ideology Wins Over Israel's Teens
Abbas Seeks Greater Gaza Role for His Palestinian Authority
Israeli Elections: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid
Can Israel's Right Deliver Peace?
Tiring of Moderates, Many Israelis Prefer 'Iron Fist'
Israel-Palestinian Peace?
Israel Must Embrace Arab Peace Plan: Abbas
Olmert, Livni Now Ready to Pay More for Schalit, Israeli Officials Say
Abducted Israeli Soldier's Father: Hard to Believe There Is a Deal on Gilad
Gaza
UN Awaits Return of Gaza Aid, Hamas Says 'Crisis Over'
UN Says School in Gaza Where 43 Died Wasn't Directly Hit by Israeli Fire
Top Hamas Strongman Emerges From Post-War Hiding
Rift Between Hamas and Fatah Grows After Gaza
Military Says Four Gaza Tunnels Targeted by Israel
Palestinian PM Fayyad Proposes Routes for Gaza Aid
After Gaza War, Daunting Curbs on Rebuilding
Report: Iran Behind Attempt to Funnel Millions of Dollars Into Gaza From Egypt
Palestinian Authority: Hamas Used Gaza Hospitals as Detention Centers
With War's Remnants, Gaza Hospital Becomes Gallery
Lebanon
Hezbollah Rejects Calls for Peace With Israel, Urges Resistance
Army Warns Two Lebanon MPs of Potential Attack
Lebanon: Safety Concerns Raised Over Russian Military Aid
In Lebanese Camp, Fears Over Palestinian Divisions
Weekend Reviews
A World of Trouble: the White House and the Middle East
A Massacre in 3/4 Time
Violence in the Holy Land
Waterboarding Documentary Welcomes Condoleezza Rice Back to Stanford
 
Afghanistan
US Says New Afghanistan Strategy Needed by April
Germany, France Dodge Afghanistan Troop Issue
Afghan Leader Finds Himself Hero No More
NATO Chief: More European Troops in Afghanistan
17 Killed in Afghan Attacks
Pakistan
Pakistan Key to US Success in Afghanistan, Says Biden
Eight Policemen Killed in Mianwali Terror Attack
US Wants Assurances Over Freed Pakistani Scientist
Pakistan Insists Khan Network Dismantled
Baluch Group Says Holds American Hostage in Pakistan
Pakistan Taliban Claims to Kill Polish Hostage
India
India Says Militant Camps in Pakistan Still Active
India's Congress Party Wants Pakistan Declared Terror State
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Rebel Leader Missing, Thousands Flee War
Red Cross Urges Safe Passage for Sick in Sri Lanka
Families Hurt by Sri Lanka War View Army Offensive With Hope
North Korea
North Korea Expresses Openness to Nuclear Talks
North Korea Pursuing Space Program: State Media
Japan
Protests as US Warship Docks in Nagasaki
Japan's Aso Vows to Solve Territorial Row With Russia
Asia
Clinton Packs Full Asia Agenda for First Trip as Secretary of State
Inside US Air Base in Manas, Kyrgyzstan
Security Forces Patrol Tibetan Town in NW China
Iran
US to Continue Missile Defense Against Iran: Biden
CIA/Pentagon Consultant's Computer Model Says Iran Won't Build Nukes
Iranian Nuclear, Space Progress Despite Sanctions
Sarkozy: Russia Must Help Tighten Iran Sanctions
Germany, France Threaten New Iran Sanctions
Iran's Anti-Secularist Backlash
Iran's Sights Set High 30 Years After Revolution
Cyprus Source: Iranian Cargo Appears to Break UN Ban
Cyprus: Suspect Ship Will Not Be Returned to Iran

Iran to UK: Don't Politicize British Council Closure
A Familiar Face to Challenge Ahmadinejad
Somalia
New Somalia Leader Arrives in Capital
Mortars Fired Near Somali Presidential Palace
Freed Arms Ship Sails Away From Somali Coast
Africa
US Investigates Death of Diplomat in Ethiopia
Sudan Govt to Meet Darfur Rebels Next Week, Say Rebels
Madagascar Police Kill at Least 23 Opposition Protesters
Rebel Leader Nkunda Will Return to Congo: Rwanda
Military Repels Attack on Gas Plant in Nigeria
Rights Groups: Detained Zimbabwe Activists in Danger
Venezuela
Venezuelans Decide Chavez's Future After 10 Years
Venezuela Opposition Protests Chavez Reelection Plan
Haiti
Haitian President Meets Clinton, Appeals for Emergency Aid
40 Barred From Haitian Senate Race – Including Lavalas Slate
Americas
Ecuador's President Orders US Official to Leave

Cuban Leader Visits Old Revolutionary Ally Algeria
Bosnia
War's Lingering Scars Slow Bosnia's Economic Growth
Americans Keep Dying
Truth or Consequences (NM) Mourns Soldier Killed in Iraq
Fallen Army Helicopter Pilot Brought Home (MO)
Soldier (MN) With Ties to Grand Rapids Dies in Iraq Copter Crash
Fallen Helo Pilot 'Just Wanted to Fly' (WA)
Lockport (LA) Pilot Dies in Djibouti
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
2/06/2009
Endgame? What Endgame? 

Ivan Eland
2/07/2009
Misreading the Iraqi Election Results

Doug Bandow
2/06/2009
Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty: The Battle Continues

Nebojsa Malic
2/05/2009
Not Done Yet

Alan Bock
2/02/2009
Quit Digging in Afghanistan

Ran HaCohen
1/29/2009
What Happened to Hassan

Charles Peña
1/28/2009
Terror, Torture, and Empire
on the Silver Screen

David R. Henderson
1/27/2009
Meet the New Boss;
Same as the Old Boss

Philip Giraldi
1/27/2009
Put Torture on Trial

Praful Bidwai
1/18/2009
'Good Cop, Bad Cop' Approach to Pakistan

Sascha Matuszak
11/10/2008
Business Over Bluster
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