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Should Americans Boycott Saudi Arabian Oil?new

If you're gonna make nifty Web banners directing outrage at an oil-producing nation that supplies the United States, the country to focus your HTMLoathing at isn't Venezuela. It's Saudi Arabia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  03-05-2008  |  Commentary

Why Does the U.S. Consider Cuba an Enemy?new

The United States considers Cuba an enemy because Cuba is bad. Not bad like Shaft was bad, or bad like "Put your pants back on, you naughty boy." But bad in an evil way. Cuba is a threat to the American way of life. How?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  02-27-2008  |  Commentary

What Is a Space Weapon?new

The Russians and Chinese aren't just thinking about futuristic, not-yet-invented weapons. They're also thinking about the balance of military power.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  02-20-2008  |  Commentary

What Ethnic & Religious Differences Are Dividing Iraq?new

Helpful fella that I am, here's a short and sassy primer on the religious and ethnic divisions Iraq is struggling with.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  02-13-2008  |  Commentary

Political Covernew

No, governor, the water crisis isn't over and we shouldn't start filling pools and watering lawns.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  02-13-2008  |  Commentary

How Did Kenya Come to the Brink of Civil War?new

Relative to its East African neighbors, however, Kenya has been sitting relatively pretty. Unfortunately, Kenya's semihappy days may be over for a while, thanks to Dec. 27's disputed presidential election.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  01-23-2008  |  Commentary

End of the Machine Age in Atlantanew

The city's next mayor will have to break with the past to capture the future.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  01-23-2008  |  Commentary

The 10 Plagues of Georgianew

A preview of the 2008 legislative session.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Scott Henry, Thomas Wheatley and Ken Edelstein  |  01-17-2008  |  Politics

Is Iran Trying to Start a War With the United States?new

Yes, the American ships Iran "provoked" were in international waters, but they were close to Iran for the express purpose of intimidation.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  01-17-2008  |  Commentary

A New Sheriff is Riding into Dixienew

The Democrats don't need the South, and that's bad news for the GOP's misleaders in Georgia.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  John Sugg  |  01-17-2008  |  Commentary

Why is Bhutto's Death So Devastating to the U.S.?new

I honestly can't think of a more important story during my column-writing life that has been as widely and thoroughly misreported as the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  01-10-2008  |  Commentary

Have There Been Any Major Developments in Thailand Since 2006's Military Coup?new

Well, the junta held elections, and the People Power Party, a political party that loudly and proudly allied itself with the guy the military overthrew, Thaksin Shinawatra, won.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  01-03-2008  |  Commentary

What Are the Most Underreported Stories of 2007?new

If I told you what I think the most underreported world stories of the year are, I'd be reporting them, thus potentially ruining their chances of getting on other people's underreported-stories-of-the-year lists.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  01-02-2008  |  Commentary

Which Nations Have Nuclear Weapons?new

With the march to war with Iran now slowed to a mosey, let's pause to take a look at who already has nuclear weapons and why.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  12-20-2007  |  Commentary

What Does the NIE on Iran Say & What's its Significance?new

The just released National Intelligence Estimate on Iran is, pardon the pun, a bombshell.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Andisheh Nouraee  |  12-13-2007  |  Commentary

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