Tag: Syria

Michael T. Klare: The Cold War Redux?
May 2013Are Washington, Moscow, and Beijing using the global arms trade to create a new Cold War?

Mimi Hanaoka: Misadventures with the Mukhabarat
May 2013How can you prove to the Syrian secret police that you’re not an Algerian spy?


Jon Lee Anderson: In the Field, In Over Your Head
April 2013The veteran war reporter’s advice to young journalists on safety, story, five-sense reporting, and the uses of rumor.


Dafna Lizer, Michael Grabell, Jeff Larson: Flight Records Say Russia Sent Syria Tons of Cash
November 2012he records of overflight requests show more than 200 tons of “bank notes” from Moscow to Damascus.

Richard Falk: Persisting Syrian Dilemmas
October 2012Hope, wisdom, law, ethics, and spirituality in relation to killing and dying in Syria.


Jen Marlowe: Terror and Teargas on the Streets of Bahrain
September 2012Protests in Bahrain have been largely ignored in Western media, but they shouldn’t be.

Richard Falk: What Can Be Done About Syria?
June 2012Why tragedy and impotence mark the struggle in Syria.

أنا وبس: My People Love Me
April 2012Through YouTube and Vimeo, these artists give their fellow Syrians a voice.

Bridging the Dignity Gap
April 2012From Cairo to Wall Street, are we in the midst of a historic shift in the way governments relate to their citizens?

Danny Thiemann: In Syria, “Holding a Camera is a Death Sentence”
March 2012Danny Thiemann interviews the founders of the Syrian citizen-journalist movement.



