The economic fallacy of 'zombie' Japan | Steven Hill
Japan has been getting a raw deal from the so-called economic experts. Consider this: in the midst of the great recession, the United States is suffering through nearly 10% unemployment, rising inequality and poverty, 47 million people without health insurance, declining retirement prospects for the middle class and a general increase in economic insecurity. Various European nations also are havin
The Weak Case for War with Iran
Amid widespread skepticism that sanctions will stop Tehran’s nuclear development and grudging, belated recognition that the Green Movement will not deliver a more pliable Iranian government, a growing number of commentators are asking the question, "What does President Obama do next on Iran?" For hawks, the answer is war. Last month, in The Weekly Standard, Reuel Marc Gerecht made the case for an
BNP attends international far-right conference in Japan | Politics | The Guardian
The British National Party is taking part in a week-long conference in Japan organised by Nippon Issuikai, an extreme-right group that denies Japanese wartime atrocities. Adam Walker, the BNP's staff manager, is in Tokyo along with 20 MEPs and members of the Alliance of European National Movements, the "europarty" that brings together far-right parties from across Europe. Walker arrived in Tokyo t
Iran sanctions strengthen Ahmadinejad regime – Karroubi
Punitive international sanctions imposed on Iran have strengthened Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government and assisted its post-election crackdown on the opposition Green movement, the leading reformist politician and former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi has told the Guardian. In his first interview with a British newspaper since widespread unrest erupted after Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani 'confesses' to involvement in murder on Iran state TV
The Iranian woman whose sentence to death by stoning sparked an international outcry was put on state-run TV where she told how her cousin had approached her about killing her husband, which in Iran was taken as a confession of adultery and involvement in murder AP The Iranian woman whose sentence to death by stoning sparked an international outcry is feared to be facing imminent execution, after
A close reading of Jeffrey Goldberg's Atlantic article.
Jeffrey Goldberg’s article in the latest Atlantic, on whether Israel will (or should) attack Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months, is the best article I’ve read on the subject—shrewd and balanced reporting combined with sophisticated analysis of the tangled strategic dilemmas. Whatever you think should be done about the Iranian program to build an A-bomb (and Goldberg describes his own p
The Israel Lobby: Does it Have Too Much Influence on US Foreign Policy? — ScribeMedia
We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Read the full disclosure here. Last March, John Mearsheimer, and Stephen Walt published an article in the London Review of Books. Entitled “The Israel Lobby: Does it Have too Much Influence on US Foreign Policy,” it drew swift charges of anti-Semitism in the editorial pages of American newspa
The Point of No Return
For the Obama administration, the prospect of a nuclearized Iran is dismal to contemplate— it would create major new national-security challenges and crush the president’s dream of ending nuclear proliferation. But the view from Jerusalem is still more dire: a nuclearized Iran represents, among other things, a threat to Israel’s very existence. In the gap between Washington’s and Jerusalem’s views
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