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A very, in a sense, terrifying aspect of our society, and other societies, is the equanimity and the detachment with which sane, reasonable, sensible ...more

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Small differences in a system of great power can have enormous consequences. [Source: Al Jazeera 'Upfront' interview]

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As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Ch...more

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Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance had shi...more

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My own concern is primarily the terror and violence carried out by my own state, for two reasons. For one thing, because it happens to be the larger c...more

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Peace is preferable to war. But it’s not an absolute value, and so we always ask, “What kind of peace?

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The number of people killed by the sanctions in Iraq is greater than the total number of people killed by all weapons of mass destruction in all of hi...more

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It is pretty ironic that the so-called 'least advanced' people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most...more

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I am not a committed pacifist. I would not hold that it is under all imaginable circumstances wrong to use violence, even though use of violence is in...more

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No honest journalist should be willing to describe himself or herself as 'embedded.' To say, 'I'm an embedded journalist' is to say, 'I'm a government...more