Afghanistan: The War Turns Pathological—Withdraw!
President Obama recently was quoted as saying of Afghanistan, “now is the time for us to transition.” No, it isn’t. “Now is the time to leave.”
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Hana Shalabi: The Bravest Form of Nonviolence
We can only fervently hope and pray that Hana Shalabi’s heroic path of resistance will end with her release and the restoration of her health.
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Koran Burning in Afghanistan: Mistake, Crime, and Metaphor
The failure of the United States Government even now to appreciate the seriousness of what has happened is altogether discrediting to its claims of benevolence.
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Reciprocity and Self-Defense in Relation to Targeted Killing
Targeted killing raises the most fundamental issues of world order, sovereignty, the scope of warfare, the crime of aggression, and extra-judicial executions.
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Saving Khader Adnan’s Life and Legacy
A fitting tribute to Mr. Adnan’s hunger strike would be to put opposition to administrative detention on the top of the human rights agenda throughout the world.
Read MoreSaving Khader Adnan’s Life Saves Our Own Soul
We should expect more from our governments, the UN, human rights NGOs, and ourselves! It is up to each of us to fulfill the iconic potential of Khader Adnan’s hunger strike as an act of heroic witnessing.
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When is an ‘NGO’ not an NGO? Twists and Turns Beneath the Cairo Skies
A confusing controversy between the United States and Egypt is unfolding. It has already raised tensions in the relationship between the two countries to a level that has not existed for decades.
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The Menace of Present & Future Drone Warfare
The U.S. reliance on attack drones to engage in targeted killing, especially in third countries (Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, Pakistan) has raised controversial international law issues.
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Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Zero Problems with Neighbors Revisited
We can only hope that Turkey stays the Davutoglu course, pursuing every opening that enables positive mutual relations among countries and using its diplomatic stature to encourage peaceful conflict resolution wherever possible.
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Nuclear Free Middle East: Desirable, Necessary, and Impossible
Comparing these Israeli and Iranian patterns of behavior with respect to nuclear weapons, it is difficult not to conclude that it is Israel, not Iran, that should be subjected to sanctions.
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