October 29, 2011
From the outset of the Libyan episode, there have been ample grounds for reservation. Both the manner in which events have unfolded, and also the longer-term implications, are troubling.
Objections to the lack of public debate, to NATO’s tendency to reach for the gun before exhausting all alternatives to the use of armed force, to [...]
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September 10, 2011
Looking back over decade since 9/11, what events and developments stand out globally? Among others:
The ongoing Global War on Terror and associated Western military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The hollowing out of the middle class, the financial crisis and the continuing Great Recession.
The lost opportunities to support non-violent political reform during the Arab Spring.
9/11 changed [...]
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