Foreign Policy
The Gates Foundation's Delusional Techno-Messianism
Is the Devil to Blame for American Foreign Policy?
As Halloween approaches, here is a title to consider: Theories of International Relations and Zombies. It’s a funny new book by Daniel Drezner, a scholar of international political economy at Tufts University’s Fletcher School. In it he asks, mock-seriously, how leading academic interpreters of war and diplomacy might respond to a completely novel problem—like the threat to global security posed by the “undead.” READ MORE >>
Inside Karzai's Kickback Scheme
Why 'Rubicon' Is the Perfect Spy Show for the Obama Era
The Page That Refuses to Turn
“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only. An idea at the back of it; not a sentimental pretence but an idea; and an unselfish belief in the idea—something you can set up, and bow down before, and offer a sacrifice to....” —Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness READ MORE >>
TEHRAN DISPATCH: Anti-Iranian Terrorism and the United States
TEHRAN -- It’s a rare upbeat story to cover in Iran: the release of Iranian-American businessman Reza Taghavi from Tehran’s notorious Evin prison after two and a half years behind bars. The only reporters allowed into the country for the event, we were the first to greet the 71-year-old from Orange County, as he walked free. He gave us a rare account of conditions inside the prison. Taghavi described living with 33 fellow inmates in a cell with only 16 beds, and enduring repeated broken promises that he’d be released. READ MORE >>
What Israel's Economic Boom Means for the Peace Process
The Trials of Being a Chosen Nation
What the Chilean Miners and a Dead Scotswoman Tell Us About the Future of American Power
When a story about survival and life wipes another story about disaster and death off the news channels and front pages, it should be a cause for joy. The fate of the Chilean miners terrified, excited, and finally exhilarated billions of people like nothing else I can remember for years. It was the ultimate human-interest story, the happy ending beyond Hollywood’s most frantic dreams. READ MORE >>
