Between Iraq and a Hard Place
Aisha approached our crowded table, navigating around the sheesha pipes scattered across the smoky Damascus…More
Tagged: International Affairs
Obama Powered by Nukes
Before he withdrew from the Democratic race yesterday, John Edwards doggedly pursued the issue of…More
The Meaning of Peace
Life is coming to a standstill in Gaza. Electricity has been cut off to the…More
A Liberal Soldier?
The Florida results are in. John McCain and Hillary Clinton have taken the last primary…More
The Lone Ranger
In his 2007 State of the Union address to Congress, President Bush concentrated on the…More
A Model Dictator
In my film Death of a Nation, there is a sequence filmed on board an…More
The Strongman gets a Whitewash
There appear to be two ways to start an article about Suharto. One is to…More
The Race is On
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both came out of Saturday’s Nevada primary with a ‘sort…More
Under a Carpet of Bombs
‘To me, I confess, [countries] are pieces on a chessboard upon which is being played…More
New Minister, Old Department
When Kevin Rudd won office I had a reasonable expectation of him and his Ministers…More