Misreading the Snowden Affair
Instead of seeking to prosecute and punish Snowden, the healthy national response would be to consider placing stronger limits on governmental surveillance and extraterritorial security claims
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Protecting Snowden
I find the Big Brother fears more credible than these anxieties about leaks in the secrecy enclosures relied upon by supposedly constitutional governments in defiance of the democratic ethos of accountability, transparency, and participation.
Read MoreWhither Turkey: First Thoughts after Gezi Park
As the dramatic Turkish protests subside, or declare an intermission, this is a time to take stock, but cautiously.
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Whose ‘Two State’ Solution? End game or Intermission?
From many sources, there is a widespread effort to resume a peace process that has in the past led to failure, frustration, and anger, and often to renewed violence.
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Ending Perpetual War? Endorsing Drone Warfare?
That President Obama chose on 23 May to unveil his second term cautionary approach to counter-terrorism at the National Defense University epitomized the ambiguity of the occasion.
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On Political Precondition
Understanding the relevance of political preconditions is crucial to rational behavior in seeking solutions to long festering problems.
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Rethinking ‘Red Lines’
Redrawing the red lines that fit the realities of our world and keep alive hopes for peace and justice, should be the great diplomatic challenge of our time
Read MoreClarifying My Boston Marathon Post
My only effort was to suggest that in addition to grieving and bringing the perpetrators to justice, this could also become an occasion for collective self-scrutiny as a nation and as a people.
Read MoreA Commentary on the Marathon Murders
Aside from the tensions of the moment, self-scrutiny and mid-course reflections on America’s global role is long overdue.
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Moving Toward Divestment from Corporations Profiting from Israeli Militarism, Occupation, and Settlements
Israel has been consistently defiant in relation to international law and the UN, and has refused to uphold Palestinian rights under international law.
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