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| December 2008 For articles older than November, 2008, click here. Back to the future with the complex? 12/17/08 -- TomDispatch regular Nick Turse, author of the groundbreaking book The Complex on the militarization of American daily life, recalls a Cold War era in which many corporations producing the big-ticket items of the consumer economy turned themselves into literal arsenals, churning out weaponry of every sort. Now, with that consumer economy on the skids, he wonders whether civilian companies may again opt to become "arsenals" for the Pentagon. Seeking economic answers? Look toward Kerala Shirin Shirin,
Foreign Policy In Focus Juan Cole, Informed Comment 12/11/08 -- If Barack Obama wants to reboot the US image in the region, he has to convince the Muslim world that the US is not complicit in the crimes against humanity and the slow-motion ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. November 2008 For older articles, click here. Middle East experts to Obama: Revise policy, talk with Iran 11/22/08 -- From Informed Comment Operation Enduring Disaster Tariq Ali, TomDispatch 11/18/08 -- Over the last two years, the U.S./NATO occupation of Afghanistan has run into serious military problems. The predicament the U.S. and its allies find themselves in is not an inescapable one, but a change in policy, if it is to matter, cannot be of the cosmetic variety. Swear off market fundamentalism Robin Broad and John Cavanagh, Foreign Policy In Focus It's time for rules that would reconnect finance to the long-term productive and green investments that make economies strong and healthy, and for democratic checks and balances aimed at preventing future financial crises. Tales of Iraq from a Winter Soldier Aaron Glantz, Foreign Policy In Focus 11/13/08 -- Domingo Rosas, a former U.S. Army sergeant, served as a member of the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment in Iraq's Anbar province from April 2003 until April 2004, and later became a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). Here' his testimony about his deployment during the Winter Soldier hearings outside Washington, DC in March 2008. Iraqis done bargaining; time for a decision Juan Cole, Informed Comment  11/10/08 -- The al-Maliki government is apparently ready
to submit the security agreement it has negotiated with the Bush
administration to the main blocs in
Iraq's parliament to judge whether they will accept the amendments it
has
wrung from Washington. U.S. should leave Afghanistan Aaron Glantz, Informed Comment 11/11/08 -- On Veterans Day, we as a nation pause to honor those who have served their country. Problem is the Bush Administration doesn’t want us to know about their sacrifice. From refusing to allow the press to photograph flag-draped coffins of the dead, to covering up the suicides of veterans after they come home, the officials in Washington who lead us to war have done everything they can to hide its terrible cost. Pakistanis hopeful Obama will be different Juan Cole, Informed Comment 11/6/08 -- Barack Obama differed from John McCain in welcoming a return to civilian democracy in Pakistan, raising hopes in Islamabad that Washington might finally abandon its long tradition of coddling dictators such as Pervez Musharraf. How next president can send Iraq positive message Adil E. Shamoo, Foreign Policy In Focus 11/4/08 -- Here's a bold proposal for the next U.S. president: Issue an order to convert the controversial U.S. embassy in Baghdad into a university for the Iraqi people. This powerful message from our new leader would convey to the Iraqi people in particular a new direction in U.S. policy. Obama and Iran From Informed Comment How to spend the honeymoon From Foreign Policy In Focus |