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Aijaz Ahmad: Israel/Palestine two-state solution must include security guarantees for both states. Part 8
Aijaz Ahmad: I think the question of the security of Israel needs to be addressed first, and the concern for that is quite great. My sense is that, as things are laid out, the possible solution would involve the creation of two states, one for the Israelis and one for the Palestinians in the occupied territories. And any final settlement must include extensive security guarantees for both countries. But let me say that Israel is by far the most powerful country militarily in the region, possibly stronger than all the other countries. It is the only nuclear power. And it's not a minor nuclear power like Pakistan or India; it is a major nuclear power like Britain and France. So the security is not of a military nature; it is of a political nature, and it is the political question that needs to be resolved.Aijaz Ahmad: Israel/Palestine two-state solution must include security guarantees for... more
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What Aijaz Ahmad would tell the next US president if he received a '3a.m.' call. Part 7
Aijaz Ahmad: "America should understand that other countries have similar strategic interests. I think looking at the world through narrow American interests is itself both immoral and counterproductive."What Aijaz Ahmad would tell the next US president if he received a '3a.m.'... more
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Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational American foreign policy look like? Part 5
This is part of a series of planned interviews with journalists, historians, geo-political experts, and politicians asking the question "What would a rational American foreign policy look like?"Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational American foreign policy look like? Part 5
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Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational American foreign policy look like? Part 6
Based in New Delhi, Aijaz Ahmad is The Real News Network's Senior News Analyst; Senior Editorial Consultant, and political commentator for the Indian newsmagazine, Frontline. He has taught Political Science, and has written widely on South Asia and the Middle East.Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational American foreign policy look like? Part 6
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At the AIPAC conference Barack Obama shows that on foreign policy he has moved closer to McCain and Bush
In Part 2 of his commentary, The Real News Network Senior News Analyst Aijaz Ahmad talks about Senator Barack Obama's speech at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington DC this week. Obama talks about how he would deal with Iran including using military force if necessary to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. He also suggests that in 2002 the US should have "pursued a strategy” to address the threat posed by Iran instead of invading Iraq.
Part One at: http://current.com/items/89008117_has_obama_moved_to_the_right_part_oneAt the AIPAC conference Barack Obama shows that on foreign policy he has moved closer... more
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At the AIPAC conference Barack Obama shows that on foreign policy he has moved closer to McCain and Bush.
In Part 1 of his commentary, The Real News Network Senior News Analyst Aijaz Ahmad tells us that when Senator Barack Obama finished his speech at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington DC, he got an applause more thunderous than there had been for McCain on the first day . Obama has come along way from the days when Karl Rove called him a man of the far left. He no longer speaks of the "tragic plight of the Palestinians" and adds that postponing elections would have been the best way to deal with Hamas as they were sure to win a majority in free elections.
Part Two at http://current.com/items/89008121_has_obama_moved_to_the_right_part_twoAt the AIPAC conference Barack Obama shows that on foreign policy he has moved closer... more
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Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational American foreign policy look like? Part Three
Aijaz Ahmad: Americans should question the assumption that the US has to be the most powerful nation on earth.Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational American foreign policy look like? Part Three... more
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Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational American foreign policy look like? Part 4
Aijaz Ahmad:The Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty was signed by non-nuclear countries on the assumption that there would be a swift move towards disarmament by those that already had them would begin to disarm and even destroy their nuclear stockpiles.Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational American foreign policy look like? Part 4
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Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational American foreign policy look like? Part Two
Based in New Delhi, Aijaz Ahmad is The Real News Network's Senior News Analyst; Senior Editorial Consultant, and political commentator for the Indian newsmagazine, Frontline. He has taught Political Science, and has written widely on South Asia and the Middle East.Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational American foreign policy look like? Part Two... more
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Aijaz Ahmad: Start with the question, why does the US have to be the most powerful country on earth? Part One
Aijaz Ahmad: The United States economy is stagnant and faces the possibility of a real Depression. Its currency has lost a quarter of its value on global markets in three years. No country in the entire history of humankind has ever owed as much money to foreigners as the US does today, and this debt rises by about a billion dollars a day. Its military expenditures are higher than those of the next twenty countries combined. It's time to question basic assumptions about US foreign policy.Aijaz Ahmad: Start with the question, why does the US have to be the most powerful... more
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Aijaz Ahmad discusses the differences between Obama's and McCain's foreign policy
Aijaz Ahmad discusses the differences between Obama's and McCain's foreign... more
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"Aijaz Ahmad: New IAEA report says Iran has not lied; US demands new sanctions, China says no
"Based in New Delhi, Aijaz Ahmad is The Real News Network Senior News Analyst and Senior Editorial Consultant and political commentator for the Indian newsmagazine, Frontline. He has taught Political Science and written widely on South Asia and the Middle East."
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Very interesting analysis of the report and of how those who want to attack Iran spin that report which seems to be perfectly clear - Iran has done nothing wrong and neither has it lied.
You can dowload the new IAEA report in PDF format from here:
http://www.therealnews.com/media/trn_2007-11-15/aijaznov16.pdf"Aijaz Ahmad: New IAEA report says Iran has not lied; US demands new sanctions,... more
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Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational US foreign policy look like? Part 9
Aijaz Ahmad: "There is an incredibly long list of Palestinian leaders who, over the last 25, 30 years have said that you have to make a distinction between the principle of the right of return and its actual implementation. You have to recognize it in principle, that these properties belong to us, we are refugees, and so on and so forth, and then what is to be done about it. And I think if negotiations are held in good faith, there are all kinds of possibilities."
Based in New Delhi, Aijaz Ahmad is The Real News Network's Senior News Analyst; Senior Editorial Consultant, and political commentator for the Indian newsmagazine, Frontline. He has taught Political Science, and has written widely on South Asia and the Middle East.Aijaz Ahmad: What would a rational US foreign policy look like? Part 9
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