foreign policy
Resetting U.S.-Cuba relations and the Cuban 5
March 11, 2010Recent vindictive U.S. actions in the case of the Cuban 5 raise the question: what is holding back a change in the unconstructive policy of blockade and hostility toward Cuba?
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U.S., Iran engage in new round of jockeying
February 17, 2010Iran's president declared his country can produce nuclear weapons fuel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Iran is becoming a military dictatorship, and the White House grapples with policy options.
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U.S. should close Futenma base
February 10, 2010The Japanese people have spoken. They want Futenma closed. And the U.S. people should support them.
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Afghanistan: Is it all about terrorism?
February 8, 2010No region of the world has more strategic value to U.S. transnational corporations and the military industrial complex than the arc stretching from the Middle East to Central and South Asia.
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China, India and U.S. role: Afghanistan and beyond
January 28, 2010Concerned about Afghanistan? Then pay attention to one of the world's most unlikely potential hotspots, tucked into the folds of the Himalayas, where two huge Asian nations have been facing off.
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