International Affairs Forum

Thu. July 03, 2025

Social Media: Hotspots

1951-1969 Social Media articles displayed
for the Hotspots Topic

A Farewell to Arms Inspections

The return of U.N. arms inspectors to Iraq would do more harm than good -- making a mockery of arms control and actually helping Saddam Hussein develop his doomsday arsenal over the long term. With su... Read More...

The Dilemma of Sustaining an American Empire

A review of "American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of US Diplomacy", Andrew J. Bacevich (Harvard University Press 2002) by Anatol Lieven, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for Inte... Read More...

What Price the American Empire?

"The price of empire is terror. The price of occupation is terror. The price of interventionism is terror. As Barry Goldwater used to say, it is as simple as that." by Patrick J. Buchanan (The America... Read More...

Why Rumsfeld is Wrong

Former British foreign secretary Robin Cook discusses his resignation over the Iraq war—and why it’s unlikely that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. (Newsweek, 5/30/2003) Read More...

It's Hamas or Us

"If the Palestinian Authority is sincere in seeking a just settlement to the conflict, then it must finally accept what until now it found unacceptable -- the necessity of extensive force against the ... Read More...

U.S. Occupation of Iraq Recalls Failure in Korea

Examines similarities between Iraq and Korean conflict. By John Barry Kotch. (Japan Times, 6/18/2003) Read More...

A Limited Palestinian State

Benjamin Netanyahu outlines conditions for peace in the Middle East. (Washington Post, 6/20/2003) Read More...

Conservatives' core duty on WMD

….Bush should be pressed on the issue of WMD - by conservatives. By Doug Bandow. (Christian Science Monitor, 7/8/2003) Read More...

Korea: A House Divided

Fifty years after the armistice, the two Koreas' legacy of conflict underlies a deepening crisis. Essay. (Smithsonian, 7/1/2003) Read More...

Sharon: I'll solve the Palestinian problem in four years

Interview with Peter Beaumont. (Guardian, 7/13/2003) Read More...

OCCUPATION: No Model for This One

By Wesley K. Clark (Washington Post, B02 03/23/2003) Read More...

A WARNING FROM HISTORY: Don't expect democracy in Iraq

by John W. Dower (Boston Review, 02/01/2003) Read More...

China’s Entry into the WTO: Implications for China and the World Economy.

Program brief of Dr. Nicholas Lardy's discussion on China’s membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the WTO's impact on the country’s domestic economy and international trade. (Nixon Cen... Read More...