Analysis + Opinion

Hegemon down

Bush's push for war in Iraq runs the risk of draining American global power suddenly and irrevocably.

Analysis + Opinion

Foreseeing a bloody siege in Baghdad

Advocates of regime change in Iraq have presented an optimistic view of the coming war. Most assert that the Iraqi military will not fight. A dazzling attack by smart weapons and computer viruses will shut down Iraq's military nervous system. Western forces will dash for key military and political centers, cutting the Iraqi military up into isolated fragments. Most troops will surrender; a few diehards will huddle with Saddam Hussein and patiently await their destruction by a second wave of smart bombs.

The war could indeed go this way, but it may not.

Analysis + Opinion

México visto desde fuera: democracia en perspectiva

Analysis + Opinion

México visto desde fuera: los límites de la democracia

Analysis + Opinion

A blind eye to justice in Cambodia

The United Nations, which has had a terrible record in dealing with Cambodia ever since the horrific Khmer Rouge revolution, has now added a new chapter to the sorry tale. The United Nations recently abandoned its negotiation with the Cambodian government over establishing a tribunal for prosecuting Khmer Rouge leaders.

Analysis + Opinion

Gujarat: a plea and a proposal

The ideal response to the Gujarat atrocity is domestic legal and political sanction... So far the indications are not hopeful... If the mass killers of the Balkans and Rwanda can be prosecuted internationally, why not those of Gujarat?

Analysis + Opinion

Strategy for the terror war

Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda organization will likely strike the United States again, perhaps with weapons of mass destruction, if it is unchecked. To avert this grave danger we must destroy Al-Qaeda. 

Analysis + Opinion

The violence of development

"Ethnic cleansing" -- the forcible dislocation of a large number of people belonging to particular ethnic groups -- is an outlawed practice. Individuals who are accused of ethnic cleansing are subjected to indictment by international criminal tribunals, and even domestic courts are increasingly used in the West to prosecute those who commit mass violence abroad.

Analysis + Opinion

Double-speak on missile defense

Last week, Russia signaled a new willingness to change the terms of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The softening of Moscow's stance lowers one barrier standing in the way of US plans for a national missile defense.

Analysis + Opinion

It is time for the military to live within its means