War & Peace

Washington - After a series of violent episodes and setbacks, support for the war in Afghanistan has dropped sharply among both Republicans and Democrats, according to the latest New …

In the wake of President Obama's new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which does away with habeas corpus for those who are labeled “terrorists,” it really shouldn't be all …

On Friday, March 9, Christof Heyns, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, responded to an inquiry by this reporter regarding new information on the deaths …

(Lester Pearson's Peacekeeping - The Truth May Hurt. Yves Engler. RED/Fernwood Publishing, Vancouver/Winnipeg, 2012.) This short book, or elongated essay, concerns the political attributes of one of Canada's more …

Occupy Wall Street, October 2, 2011. (Photo: Melissa Gira Grant) “Post-World War II, the military hasn't been defending America, but working for the power elite to expand empire,” Will …

Nine years after Baghdad erupted in “shock and awe,” we're once again hearing in America the drumbeat for war in the Middle East. Now, the bull's-eye is on Iran. …

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged on Friday with 17 counts of murder and various other charges, including attempted murder, in connection with the March 11 attack on …

Washington - Besides waiting nearly a week before identifying the Army staff sergeant who's accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers, the U.S. military scrubbed its websites of references to …

Loren Thompson is one of those people in Washington, DC, circles that wears several hats. He is the chief operating officer for the nonprofit Lexington Institute, a think tank …

Iran's permanent representative to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, says that the February talks came close to a final agreement. (Photo: Dean Calma / IAEA) Vienna - The first …