STWR - Share The World's Resources

Although the term military-industrial complex is well-known, a discussion of its origins, implications, and Eisenhower's warning against its "unwarranted influence" has largely been ignored, says Chalmers Johnson.

A report by  the Commonwealth Institute lays out a comprehensive plan for withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq, focusing on the need for reconciliation, regional dialogue, humanitarian aid, and a central peacekeeping role for the United Nations.

The United States can lead the world in combating the greatest threats facing the planet, writes David Korten - and the only way to do it is through renouncing war as an instrument of national policy.

The principle of nonintervention is not an ideal, but rather commonsense, writes Robert Scheer, although cutting the U.S. military budget faces great obstacles from powerful vested interests.

Five years on from Iraq's "endless war", plans for a permanent US presence in the Middle East have been defied - along with Washington's vision for the new American century.

Among the many reasons given for the recent surge in gas prices is China's soaring demand for petroleum. Because the Chinese are running around the world buying up every available barrel of oil, the argument goes, we Americans have to pay that much more to outbid them for the leftover pools of crude.