Middle East

A Middle East nuclear weapon-free zone: a vital next step

August 6, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

It's time and past time to look at the status of efforts to rid the world of what's been called the only true weapon of mass destruction.

U.S.-Turkey deal: disaster in the making

August 5, 2015 By Conn Hallinan

The agreement between Turkey and the U.S. to cooperate against the Islamic State in Syria brings to mind a description of "crackpot realists."

Jews, the civil rights movement, Israel: hot topics in Open HIllel tour

July 24, 2015 By Ira Grupper

In each of the campuses where they refused Open Hillel's request that we vets be permitted to speak, the Open Hillel students arranged alternative campus venues.

A day in the life of film at Tribeca

June 26, 2015 By Bill Meyer

"Armor of Light." "Good Kill," "Far from Men," "Trials of Constance Baker Motley," "Song of Lahore" and more.

Toward a new foreign policy

June 24, 2015 By Conn Hallinan And Leon Wofsy

U.S. foreign policy is dangerous, undemocratic, and deeply out of sync with real global challenges - is continuous war inevitable, or can we change course?