Middle East
Nixon and the World
Trying to evaluate the foreign policy of the Nixon administration during its first term, one must, as always in foreign policy, distinguish between rhetoric and policy. Rhetoric and policy may by and large coincide, one reflecting the other, or a wide gap may separate the two. In the latter case, what governments do is more important than what they say they are doing or are going to do. However, even here the kind of rhetoric used, in conjunction with the kind of policy pursued, can give a clue to the government's intention. READ MORE >>
The War in Yemen
This article was originally published on January 26th, 1963. READ MORE >>
Embargo Russian Arms?
This piece originally ran on September 2nd, 1957. READ MORE >>
Bertrand Russell on Negotiations
Our Stake in the State of Israel
The tragic epic of the people of Hungary has so enthralled the imagination of the world that we are in danger of being indifferent to another drama of history, which is invested with a peculiar pathos and which may end in tragedy because of our blindness. READ MORE >>
The Shipping Bottleneck
THE GREAT DAY arrives. “I christen thee Western Light!” the woman cries. The glass shatters against the hull, the blocks are pulled out; there is a cry from the crowd as the towering mass glides away, gathering speed until it rolls up the water, rocking until it comes to rest, a ship on the sea. READ MORE >>
