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A ‘New` Type Of Great Power Relationship

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In the absence of a common narrative shared by the U.S. and China, the two nations are likely to drift more rapidly apart. Trust builds on itself just as distrust builds on itself as well, compounding into deep enmity over time. BEIJING — I have watched carefully the evolution of China’s concept of a “New…

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Kim Jong Un…First manufacture a crisis…then get paid for resolving the crisis

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IT seems paradoxical to say it, given Pyongyang’s almost daily exercises in escalation, but the North Korean leadership almost certainly does not want to go to war. Not that it would flinch at a massive loss of life if it meant propping up the regime. That, after all, has been the logic by which the…

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The Worst Global Crisis We Face: Nuclear – Evironmental – Financial

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        Chomsky on Civil Liberties, Obama and the Future Of  Politics by STEVEN DUREL Linguistics professor Noam Chomsky has been America’s premier political dissident since the Vietnam War. As a vocal critic of US foreign policy, the self-described “libertarian socialist” has been beloved by generations of students and activists. In the wake…

Pakistan Spin Cycle: warn/threaten, attack and reconcile, rinse and repeat

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From Abbottabad to Worse Hating the United States—which funds Islamabad’s army and nuclear program to the humiliating tune of $3 billion a year—Pakistan takes its twisted, cowardly revenge by harboring the likes of the late Osama bin Laden. But the hypocrisy is mutual, and the shame should be shared. By Christopher Hitchens• Illustration by Barry…

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The Goal of Zero Nuclear Weapons

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  ‘Global Zero’ and the Argument for Nukes Richard Perle Essay  Defense policy veteran Richard Perle explains why, despite its appeal, the no-nukes, “Global Zero” agenda should – and will – fizzle. March/April 2011   There are many specters haunting our world, but one is of our own making—the utopian vision of a world free…