Joseph Gerson

Warlords at Home and Abroad: Learning from US Mistakes in Central Asia

Authors: Joseph Gerson

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"Everywhere I went after 9/11...I urged that warlords should not be empowered, that disarming the militias was a priority task for US forces, and that developing Afghan agriculture to ward off poppy cultivation should be a priority…."

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Alternatives to the War in Afghanistan: Don't Escalate the War -- Pull Troops Out

This picture from a U.S. court martial file, drawn by military polygraph examiner George Chigi III, shows how Afghan detainee Dilawar was shackled by his wrists to the ceiling of an isolation cell at Bagram Air Base before being beaten to death in Decembe
Authors: Joseph Gerson

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Peace is negotiated between enemies.

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A Confrontation with the Nuclear Powers in 2010

Authors: Joseph Gerson

Summary:It may sound arcane, but the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference may be among the most important occasions in human history.

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Empire's Decline: The US, China, and India

Agricultural Bank of China, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, July, 2005. Photo: Yuan2003 Via Flickr
Authors: Joseph Gerson

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Joseph Gerson reviews books on contemporary geostrategic shifts by Morris Berman, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Fareed Zakaria.

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Siddhartha: Contradictions and Enlightenment

Siddhartha: Contradictions and Enlightenment
Authors: Joseph Gerson

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Joe Gerson on Siddhartha

From Issue 377 - July-August 2007

Stopping War in Iraq & Iran: Why Not Ask for More?

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Authors: Joseph Gerson

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Are conditions ripe for a grand bargain in the Middle East?

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Ten Reasons to Withdraw all US Foreign Military Bases

Authors: Joseph Gerson

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The US maintains an unprecedented infrastructure of more than 700 US foreign military bases.

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Are Americans Becoming More Peaceful?

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Authors: Joseph Gerson

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Today Washington must go to exceptional lengths to maintain the passive support of the 50-60% of the US population whose support for US wars is at most conditional.

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Preventing Nuclear War in Korea

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Authors: Joseph Gerson

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The stakes of the US-Korean crisis are far greater than is popularly understood.

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