Peace
Editorial: Price of empire
August 14, 2008The current conflict in Georgia shows just how dangerous it is in this 21st century world to pursue political goals by military means. In an era when war — and nuclear weapons — can easily spread...
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An August surprise: Russia-Georgia conflict explodes on world scene
August 14, 2008The U.S.-backed militarization of the Caucasus in the former Soviet Union exploded on the night of Aug. 7. Under cover of darkness and as the world watched the Olympics, the government of right-wing Georgian President Saakashvili...
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A new Cold War?
August 5, 2008Military alliances are always sold as things that produce security. In practice they tend to do the opposite. Thus, Germany formed the Triple Alliance with Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire to counter the enmity of France...
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EDITORIAL: The good war?
July 26, 2008The good news is Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama continues to project withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq by mid-2010. The bad news is, he is proposing to transfer a significant number of those troops to...
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Mother, a poem
July 18, 2008My son, where are you that I can’t find you. I’ve searched for you in gullies. On pathways, in rivers and in oceans, And in all the different places Where I’m told that “there are bodies.”...
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