© Nate Wright, 2008
4 pages listed under Commentary.
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15 Jul 2008 |
The Condoleezza Fan ClubCondoleezza Rice’s conception of the "international community" recalls the same sense of rallying the West behind American empire that I get from Huntington's "clash of civilizations": a great divide that casts America as the valiant defender of all we hold dear. |
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17 May 2008 |
Putting Annapolis away?Was Bush's recent speech to the Israeli Knesset trying to kill the "peace process"? |
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1 May 2008 |
Assigning Right and Rights in Beit HanounOn the 28th of April, Israel fired missiles at targets in Beit Hanoun. Establishing the truth becomes a battleground over the nature of the conflict and its actors, where the power to assert Right overwhelms the capacity to determine the truth. |
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15 Apr 2006 |
Undermining Democracy, Empowering AutocracyOn February 1, 2006, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (R) Florida, introduced H.R. 4681, ostensibly designed "to promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority." In fact, the resolution will isolate and marginalize the Palestinian Authority, and punish Palestinian civilians for electing Hamas into control of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). |
Latest Addition: 3 Jun 2008
Invasion and invisibility: an essay on Eyal Weizman's "Hollow Land"
Latest Addition: 15 May 2008
Review: Jones' and Murphy's "Israel: Challenges to Identity, Democracy and the State"