Obama Restores Gunboat Diplomacy, Imperial Power
Written by PROF. INDERJEET PARMAR Wednesday, 09 November 2011 07:47 At a round table discussion a few years back at Durham University, some of us discussed whether the-then President George...
Libya Expose Obama’s Contradictions
Written by PROF. INDERJEET PARMAR Monday, 31 October 2011 06:27 Libya's contradictions are real enough and devastating in their consequences. But a couple of points missed by most commentators are...
What Are We Doing in Afghanistan?: Surveying Euro-American Pipeline Interests
Written by T. J. COLES Friday, 28 October 2011 18:06 Afghanistan has always been considered “the centre of great empires” by imperial powers,1serving as a “buffer” between Persia, Russia, and...
A Snapshot of Constitutionalism in Latin America
Highlighting and Commenting upon the Findings of Two Scholarly Articles and One Expert Commentary By Dr. JEAN-PAUL GAGNON | 26.09.2011 Blurb: "This review explores the major contributions of three recent...
Decolonization as Reconciliation: The Colonial Dilemma of Canada’s Residential School Apology and Restitution
BY PATRICIA ELGERSMA** | 06.09.2011 Introduction In recent decades the Canadian public have heard a number of apologies from various governments and institutions. The apology to Japanese Canadians (1988) and...
American (Real) Exceptionalism
BY GHALI HASSAN | 24.07.2011 A majority of Americans believe America is an “exceptional” nation and “a shining beacon of democracy and hope to a dark world”. But, reliable and...
Reagan – Warmonger and Reactionary Who Waged War on the Poor
BY PROF. INDERJEET PARMAR | 24.07.2011 It is only fitting that the current British government unveils a new statue of Ronald Reagan, while a war rages in Libya, a country...
The Death of Osama Bin Laden: Islamophobia goes to America[1]
BY DR. AYLA GOL** | 08.06.2011 It was a bullet that killed a terrorist and revived a presidency. On the morning of May the second 2011, the world woke up...
Islam and Democracy: American Questions, Ottoman Answers
BY DR. AKIN UNVER** | 14.04.2011 “Is Islam a ‘democratic’ religion?” “Is Islam compatible with democracy?” “What is the relationship between religion and governance in a Muslim country?” For the past...
Wikileaks Official I: Nothing to Report?
By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar | 05 February 2011 It's the 'line' heard everywhere whenever the issue of Wikileaks' publication of secret US embassy cables comes up - from academic conferences to the...
Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons
By Prof. Bulent Gokay and Dr. Darrell Whitman 19 January 2011 The visit of the Chinese President Hu Jintao to the US this week is called by many observers as the...
Eisenhower, Lockheed Martin and the Military Industrial Complex Today
By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar 19 January 2011 Fifty years ago, on 17 January 1961, US President Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans about the rise of what he called "the military industrial...
Networks of Empire and Realignments of World Power
By Prof. James Petras 03 December 2011 Imperial states build networks which link economic, military and political activities into a coherent mutually reinforcing system. This task is largely performed by...
Anti-Americanism and Public Diplomacy
By Prof. Inderjeet Parmar 03 January 2011 Anti-Americanism is a label used with some extravagance and frequency but is rarely worn as a badge of honour. It is a pejorative...
Cathartic Crisis
By Dr. William Mallinson | 25 December 2010 At long last, a man, a real hombre, Julian Assange, has arrived to outdo the revered American Daniel Ellsberg. He is aided, it...