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January 16, 2003

Hegemon down

John TirmanAlterNet

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

Analysis + Opinion

October 13, 2002

Foreseeing a bloody siege in Baghdad

Barry R. PosenNew York Times

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

October 9, 2002

México visto desde fuera: democracia en perspectiva

Chappell LawsonReforma newspaper (Mexico City)

Analysis + Opinion

September 11, 2002

México visto desde fuera: los límites de la democracia

Chappell LawsonReforma newspaper (Mexico City)

Analysis + Opinion

March 27, 2002

A blind eye to justice in Cambodia

Balakrishnan RajagopalWashington Post

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

March 27, 2002

Gujarat: a plea and a proposal

Balakrishnan RajagopalThe Hindu

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

October 4, 2001

Strategy for the terror war

Stephen Van EveraNewsday

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

August 8, 2001

The violence of development

Balakrishnan 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.

Analysis + Opinion

August 4, 2001

Double-speak on missile defense

Cindy Williams and David Wright Boston Globe

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

June 7, 2001

It is time for the military to live within its means

Cindy WilliamsSan Diego Union Tribune

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