My interpretation of Chas Freeman’s withdrawal from appointment as the chairman of the National Intelligence Council is that it was provoked primarily by Chuck Schumer […]

The NYT reports that a suicide bomber killed 33 persons and wounded over 60 at Abu Ghraib, striking at a meeting of tribal sheikhs accompanied […]

Al-Iraqiyah, Al-Sharqiyah Roundup: Thirty Killed in Baghdad Suicide BombingIraq — OSC SummarySunday, March 8, 2009 Document Type: OSC Summary . . . Baghdad Al-Iraqiyah Television […]

Below is a note former MEPC president, Chas Freeman, sent to friends and supporters. Begin Text: To all who supported me or gave me words […]

The Pakistani Taliban are not going to take over the Pakistani government. That worry doesn’t keep me up at night. They are small, and operate […]

George W. Bush set stem cell research back 8 years and violated the principle of the separation of church and state by issuing what was […]

The Obama administration will not replace two US brigades (12,000 troops) that are departing Iraq. There are 140,000 US troops in that country, down from […]

In an interview in the New York Times, President Barack Obama admitted that the US is not winning in Afghanistan. He also allowed that it […]

Harvard political scientist Stephen Walt, who blogs for Foreign Policy takes on the critics of Chas Freeman’s possible appointment as chair of the National Intelligence […]