© Nate Wright, 2010
5 pages listed under United States Foreign Relations.
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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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8 May 2008 |
Review: Ramzy Baroud's "The Second Palestinian Intifada"An impassioned argument intended for an audience that will probably never read it. What is covered is only done so superficially. His empirical data is usually only a point of departure from which he can engage in an emotional appeal for the suffering of the Palestinians under occupation. Indeed, this book should be read not as a chronicle, but as a polemic. |
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24 Jan 2008 |
Assessing AnnapolisFollowing Bush's visit to the region, it would seem an appropriate time to assess the Annapolis conference. What it was, what it wasn't and where we are today. |
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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"