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The tale of Japan’s economic woes is a nuanced one, despite its unearned reputation as a horror story. It is fairly amazing how much of the nation’s slide since …

War is not what we think it is, when we hear all these reports about soldiers and generals and strategies. War includes the whole population. War is fought on …

Islamabad, Pakistan - In keeping with a time-tested tradition of Pakistani exiles attempting political comebacks, former President Pervez Musharraf is launching a new political party and plans to return …

Republicans like to denounce President Obama and congressional Democrats for what they describe as “job-killing” policies. But in those red-hot rhetorical terms, congressional Republicans are guilty of mass murder …

Washington - Could somebody please remind me just what it is that we're achieving in Afghanistan? Don't all speak at once. No, I mean what good things we're accomplishing. …

Equally at home in Tehran or New York, Hooman Majd benefits from a background as intricately woven as any Persian carpet. The son of a diplomat under the shah …

Convicted federal criminal and right-wing dirty-trickster James O'Keefe appears to have flagrantly run afoul of the rule of law yet again. This time, he appears to have violated and/or …

The recent global economic crisis has renewed interest in the debate over the role of the government in economic activities, in developed countries as well as developing countries.

Washington - White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is expected to resign Friday, accelerating a midterm staff exodus that will give President Barack Obama a chance to hit …

In the 1960s, economics student Dilma Rousseff joined her first militant group opposing the military dictatorship in Brazil. In 1970, she was captured, tortured and tossed in prison for …