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POLITICS-U.S.: Unilateralist Path Scored as Self-Defeating
Some call the present era one of U.S. hegemony. Others, especially in Europe, call it empire.POLITICS-U.S: Hawks’ ‘Hot Pre-emption’ Invokes George Shultz
For geo-strategists here, the hot new phrase in the U.S. war on terrorism is ''hot pre-emption.''POLITICS: Le Pen, Anti-Semitism, Israel Add to U.S.-Europe Divide
European criticism of Israel's military offensive and National Front leader Jean-Marie le Pen's surprise second-place in the first round of French presidential elections are fuelling anti-European opinion on the eve of the semi-annual U.S.-European Union (EU) summit here.POLITICS-U.S.: Pro-Israel Hawks Take to the Airwaves
Pro-Israel hawks are running television advertisements identifying Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with Osama bin Laden and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in a bid to advance their seven-month-old campaign to make Arafat a target of the President George W. Bush's war on terrorism.POLITICS-U.S.: Pro-Israel Hawks Take to the Airwaves
Pro-Israel hawks are running television advertisements identifying Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with Osama bin Laden and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in a bid to advance their seven-month-old campaign to make Arafat a target of the President George W. Bush's war on terrorism.POLITICS-U.S.: Evangelical Christians Lobby for Israel’s Sharon
When the White House tapes were finally released last month, people were stunned.POLITICS: Hawks Setting U.S. Mideast Policy Despite Mixed Signals
The confusing signals from the office of President George W. Bush over the escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict reflect the ongoing struggle between the radical hawks of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Realpolitikers, led by Secretary of State Colin Powell.POLITICS-U.S.: Hawks Deploy for Public Opinion War
A group of influential neo-conservative figures has launched a new campaign to sustain support for President George W. Bush's ''war on terrorism'' and to ''take to task those groups and individuals who fundamentally misunderstand the nature of the war we are facing.''POLITICS-U.S.: The Axis of Incitement
White House speechwriter David Frum, who coined the incendiary ''axis of evil'' moniker used by President George W. Bush, is leaving Bush's employ for the neo-conservative American Enterprise Institute (AEI). It seems the perfect fit.POLITICS-U.S.: After the Fireworks, Who Picks Up the Pieces?
Evicting al-Qaeda and the Taliban was the easy part; the aftermath is turning out to be much more difficult.POLITICS-U.S.: Mission Hegemony, Outlook Uncertain
Five months after the Sep. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, President George W. Bush appears more determined than ever to forge a new world order based on unrivaled U.S. military power.POLITICS-MIDEAST: U.S. Lines Up Behind Sharon
President George W. Bush's administration has moved decisively behind Israeli demands that Palestine Authority (PA) President Yasser Arafat crack down hard against Islamic Jihad and Hamas, groups that took credit for weekend suicide bombings that killed at least 26 Israelis.POLITICS: Iraq Veers Back Into Washington’s Crosshairs
With the Taliban on the run and U.S. allies advancing on all fronts in Afghanistan, Phase II of President George W. Bush's ''war on terrorism'' - specifically, the merits of a major military ouster of Iraq's Saddam Hussein - have re-emerged as Washington's favoured topic of speculation.POLITICS: Cold War ‘Intellectuals’ Re-enlist for War on Iraq, Arabs
A determined band of self-styled Cold War ''intellectuals'', heedless of U.S. allies and officials, continues to push President George W. Bush to extend his ''war'' against terrorism at least until he deposes Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.POLITICS-U.S.: The Iraqi Temptation
As the United States proceeds with its second full week of bombing in Afghanistan, the administration of President George W. Bush remains deeply divided about whether Washington should target Iraq in its ''war'' against terrorism.POLITICS-U.S.: Administration Factions Battle Over Bush’s War
Even as President George W. Bush heralded the coming U.S. war against global terrorism, factions within his administration were already fighting over the breadth and scope of battle.POLITICS: US Contra Backers Now Target China
Ten years after their coalition began falling apart over the Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, various strands of the right-wing alliance behind the Nicaraguan Contras in the 1980s are coming back together to mobilise public opinion against a new enemy: China.POLITICS-U.S.: Welcome to a Hobbesian World
Less than two months after taking office, US President George W. Bush this week pushed US foreign policy toward a new dimension, far removed from the sunny optimism of his predecessor, Bill Clinton, and much closer to the Hobbesian universe occupied by Richard Nixon.POLITICS-US: Latent Differences Muffled as Bush Team Settles In
''In the early going of any Administration, there's a process of settling in,'' the new US Treasury Secretary, Paul O'Neill, said in the latest edition of Business Week magazine.POLITICS-US: ‘W’ Bush Echoes Dad, Stresses Ties with Europe/Asia
Texas Governor George W. Bush, the frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination in next year's presidential elections, said Friday that US foreign policy's greatest priuority should be relationships with ''long-time allies and looming rivals in Europe and Asia.''CONFLICT-KOSOVO: US More Chastened Than Triumphant
Even as NATO diplomats steamrolled their terms through the U.N. Security Council and prepared to order troops into Kosovo, the elation one might have expected over the turn of events in Yugoslavia last week seemed remarkably absent in Washington.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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