Peter Beinart has a pretty smart column in the new issue of the new (and much improved) TIME magazine about the future of Democratic Party foreign policy. (I offer this praise despite the unfortunate Prince reference that closes the piece). Beinart dials back the clock to 1999 and the non-UN sanctioned fight a US-UK NATO-led [...]
Archive for the 'Internationalists' Category
Kosovo and the Democratic Party
April 13, 2007Global Neglect
March 10, 2007Pathetic.
About That Curious Line
March 6, 2007Over the course of its short, too often dormant existence, small-d has not been shy about criticizing the editorial position of The Nation. (Caveat: more accurately, I have not been shy about lambasting the editorial position of The Nation – while always taking care to note the very significant exceptions. As a professional courtesy, I [...]
Neo-Realism on the Left
February 6, 2007I do not think most of us grasp just how dramatically the Iraq War has upended the traditional schools of thought when it comes to formulating American foreign policy. Occasionally I come across little bits of information – a poll, a quote, a conversation – that makes my jaw drop and my mind reel. I [...]
The Stain of Iraq
November 16, 2006My partner in thought-crime brushed up against a very important thought a few days ago. While the debacle that is Iraq is a daily reminder of the grievous cost of intervention we must consider this cost in light of the alternative of non-intervention. Congo is a perfect case in point. It may seem an [...]
Human Rights
October 13, 2006There was an important editorial in The Washington Post yesterday about the new Human Rights Council at the United Nations, which was established in a spasm of much-needed reform in March. Now it has completed its second formal session and The Post weighs-in with its verdict: “The council…has turned out to be far worse than [...]
