Conn Hallinan

The late Conn Hallinan was a columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus. A retired journalism professor, he previously was an editor of People's World when it was a West Coast publication.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Conn Hallinan

World

Middle East: the next four years
November 15, 2012 By Conn Hallinan
Over the next four years the U.S. will face a number of foreign policy issues, most of them regional, some of them global.
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Opinion

Japan’s right: going nuke?
October 17, 2012 By Conn Hallinan
Behind the current impasse over five tiny specks of land in the East China Sea is an influential right-wing movement in Japan.
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World

Syria and the dogs of war
September 28, 2012 By Conn Hallinan
Once loosed, the dogs of war range where they will.
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Opinion

The Mali war – the wages of sin
August 27, 2012 By Conn Hallinan
The reports filtering out of Northern Mali are appalling: beatings and whippings for the slightest violations of Sharia law.
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Opinion

“Cultures of Resistance”: Art can be powerful stuff
July 27, 2012 By Conn Hallinan
When we think of "resistance," what mostly comes to mind is guerrilla warfare. But resistance doesn't always involve military operations.
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Opinion

Moral drones and the New York Times
July 18, 2012 By Conn Hallinan
First, one should never be surprised to find that the NY Times can ferret out experts to say virtually anything.
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Opinion

Syria and the Phantom
June 29, 2012 By Conn Hallinan
What was that Turkish F-4 Phantom II up to when the Syrians shot it down?
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Opinion

Greed and the pain in Spain
June 19, 2012 By Conn Hallinan
The European Union's response to the economic chaos gripping the continent seems a combination of profound delusion, and what British a reporter called "sado-monetarism" -- endless cutbacks, savage austerity, and widespread layoffs.
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