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Analysis + OpinionJanuary 16, 2003Hegemon downJohn TirmanAlterNetBush's push for war in Iraq runs the risk of draining American global power suddenly and irrevocably. |
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Analysis + OpinionOctober 13, 2002Foreseeing a bloody siege in BaghdadBarry R. PosenNew York TimesAdvocates 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. |
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Analysis + OpinionOctober 9, 2002México visto desde fuera: democracia en perspectivaChappell LawsonReforma newspaper (Mexico City) |
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Analysis + OpinionSeptember 11, 2002México visto desde fuera: los límites de la democraciaChappell LawsonReforma newspaper (Mexico City) |
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Analysis + OpinionMarch 27, 2002A blind eye to justice in CambodiaBalakrishnan RajagopalWashington PostThe 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. |
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Analysis + OpinionMarch 27, 2002Gujarat: a plea and a proposalBalakrishnan RajagopalThe HinduThe 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? |
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Analysis + OpinionOctober 4, 2001Strategy for the terror warStephen Van EveraNewsdayOsama 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. |
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Analysis + OpinionAugust 8, 2001The violence of developmentBalakrishnan RajagopalWashington Post"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. |
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Analysis + OpinionAugust 4, 2001Double-speak on missile defenseCindy Williams and David Wright Boston GlobeLast 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. |
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Analysis + OpinionJune 7, 2001It is time for the military to live within its meansCindy WilliamsSan Diego Union Tribune |