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Loud Protests and Quiet Annexations

When I sat down last Tuesday night to write this column, the internet search engine Google News was listing over 2200 articles in English only written about the Danish cartoon controversy, followed with over 1900 articles by the Iranian nuclear controversy. At first...

Putting Pressure on the Strong, Not Just the Weak.

There is more to be said about the sweeping electoral victory of Hamas in the Palestinian legislative elections of 25 January 2006 than the fact that it came as a total surprise to its political rival, Fatah, Israel, the United States and Europe to name but a few. The...

The Nuclear War: Who is Threatening Who?

When the 35-member Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency meets next week to consider the case of Iran’s nuclear program, it will convene against the background of rather alarming statements made by two Presidents of nuclear-weapons States:...

The United States and the Iraqi Oil Prize

&#34America, our coalition, and Iraqi leaders are working towards the same goal — a democratic Iraq that can defend itself, and that will serve as a model of freedom for the Middle East.&#34 This is how President Bush summarized the White House”s...

Mehlis Report: The Money Trail

When the Head of the Security Council mandated Commission established to investigate the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on 14 February 2004 took up his high profile position, it apparently took only a few weeks for the German Prosecutor to...