Asia-Pacific How I spent a year losing hearts and minds in Iraq We never learn: Reconstruction became nothing more than 'checkbook diplomacy' and 20 years later, it shows.Peter Van BurenMarch 16, 2023
Europe Iraq War Lesson: the seduction may be sweet but the hangover is hell As with Iraq, there seems to be a coordinated mainstream media effort to drag America into a new war. Don't let them.Peter Van BurenMarch 18, 2022
Asia-Pacific What will be the casus belli for war with China? From the sinking of the Maine to Saddam's WMDs, there's usually a ginned-up event behind every destructive US war. Peter Van BurenDecember 09, 2021
Asia-Pacific The 'imminent' Taiwan conflagration: two questions to ponder The idea that China is planning an invasion of the island is one that demands closer scrutiny.Peter Van BurenNovember 24, 2021
Middle East The US makes the rules, and Syria massacre was no exception It's fine to be outraged but don't be shocked: our righteous war-making is not clean, nor humane. It never was.Peter Van BurenNovember 16, 2021