Kingston Reif weighs in on U.S. concerns that secret stockpiles of chemical weapons remain within Bashar Assad’s arsenal despite, international efforts to destroy them, and that they may have fallen into the hands of the Islamic State.
Testimony by Peter Galbraith to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
by Peter W. Galbraith [contact information] Testimony of Ambassador Peter W. Galbraith before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa on genocide in northern Iraq I appreciate the opportunity to testify today on the fate of the […]
Al Jazeera – America Story on Israel’s bombardment of Gaza Quotes Lt. Gen. Robert Gard
Why Israel’s bombardment of Gaza neighborhood left US officers “stunned” August 27, 2014 by Mark Perry The cease-fire announced Tuesday between Israel and Palestinian factions — if it holds — will end seven weeks of fighting that killed more than 2,200 Gazans and 69 Israelis. But as the rival camps seek to put their spin […]
Military intervention can’t solve the political issues in Iraq
by Angela Canterbury In his Aug. 12 op-ed column, “The left’s slippery slope,” Richard Cohen attacked the Council for a Livable World and our research organization, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, as “isolationist and selfish.” Our opposition to U.S. military escalation in Iraq is rooted in protecting human life. Our hearts go out to […]
The Death of a General in Afghanistan
Council for a Livable World Board Member Matthew Hoh talked with Ezra Klein on MSNBC about the insider attack that killed a US general in Afghanistan. Why, Matthew asked, are we keeping thousands of troops in harms’ way in Afghanistan when we don’t even know what our mission is there?