Immanuel Wallerstein
Lessons? Vietnam, Indonesia, and Iraq
5 Aralık 2006
Vietnam is today one of the few countries in the world where the U.S. Secret Service will allow Bush to travel in a public motorcade.
Mother of All Defeats
15 Kasım 2006
George W. Bush is a high-stakes gambler. When high-stakes gamblers lose, they lose big. George W. Bush has lost big - in Iraq and in the...
Three Papal Strategies to Revive Christianity"
2 Ekim 2006
Last month, Pope Benedict XVI made a speech in his old university, Regensburg, in Germany. In this speech, he included a brief section in...
The Tiger at Bay: Scary Times Ahead
4 Eylül 2006
When many years ago, some of us said that the decline of United States hegemony in the world-system was inevitable, unstoppable, and...
Five Reasons Why Great Military Powers Lose Wars
16 Ağustos 2006
The United States decided to use force against Iraq in 2003. Israel decided to use force against Lebanon in 2006. In both cases, the...
İsrail Ne Elde Edebilir?
7 Ağustos 2006
Aslında İsrail'in 1948'den beri izlemekte olduğu strateji iki ana unsura dayanır: güçlü bir askeri varlık ve güçlü Batı desteği. Bu...
What Can Israel Achieve?"
3 Ağustos 2006
The State of Israel was established in 1948. Ever since, there has been continuous violence between Jews and Arabs in Israel, and between...
Whose Century is the 21st Century?
2 Haziran 2006
In 1941, Henry Luce proclaimed the twentieth century the American century. And most analysts have agreed with him ever since. Of course,...
Walls and the World
22 Mayıs 2006
Walls are in the press again, and are controversial again - walls on the border between the United States and Mexico, walls to encircle...
Major Storm Clouds Gathering
7 Mart 2006
The level of agitation is rising everywhere, and the world-system has never been more anarchic than now. We may be going over the edge.
Iran and the Bomb
16 Şubat 2006
Much of the discussion about Iran's nuclear program is quite simply hysterical. Witness the statement of Sen. John McCain just this month:...
2005 - The Collapse of Bush's Authority
2 Ocak 2006
Whatever one thinks of Bush's politics, there is no question that, at the start of 2005, he had arrived at the pinnacle of his authority....
The Mudslide
18 Ekim 2005
The Bush regime is in the middle of a political mudslide, both nationally and internationally. Two almost simultaneous geological mudslides...
Katrina: The Politics of Incompetence and Decline
19 Eylül 2005
The entire world has been following with stupefaction the incredible performance of the U.S. federal government's response to the physical...
ABD Irak Savaşını Yitirdi
31 Ağustos 2005
ABD'nin Irak savaşını kazanması üç şey gerektiriyordu: Irak direnişini yenmek; ülkede ABD'ye dost istikrarlı bir hükümetin kurulmasını...
The U.S., India, and China
2 Ağustos 2005
The China story is in many ways more well-known in the United States, and of greater concern to the U.S. Congress, the U.S. media, and the...
Mr. Bush's War
1 Temmuz 2005
We know now that George W. Bush confided to one of his friends before he was president that he wanted a war with Iraq and that, unlike his...
The Ambiguous French 'No' to the European Constitution
15 Haziran 2005
On May 29, 2005, the French voted in a referendum not to ratify the proposed European constitution. Three days later, Dutch voters did the...
Playing With Fire: the U.S., Iraq, Iran
2 Haziran 2005
When you're a powerful country, it's hard not to play with fire. But the Bush regime has been particularly reckless. Take for example the...
Putin's Diplomatic Triumph
16 Mayıs 2005
Was it really George W. Bush who was the guest of honor at the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of V-E Day in Moscow on May 8, 2005?...
Death by a thousand cuts
13 Mayıs 2005
There was an old Chinese torture called Ling chi, a death by a thousand cuts. The cuts are all small, but in the end the person dies. This...
Katolik Kilisesi ve Dünya
25 Nisan 2005
Papa II. John Paul'ün cenaze töreninde, son elli yıl içinde, yalnızca John F. Kennedy'nin 1963'deki cenaze töreni ile kıyaslayabileceğimiz,...
The Catholic Church and the World
19 Nisan 2005
The Catholic Church has indeed survived the most incredible series of transformations of world social structures over two millennia. How...
Bush's Geopolitical Legacy
5 Nisan 2005
The newspapers these days tell us that George W. Bush is concerned with his historical legacy. For what will he be remembered by historians...
