Recent content by Amartya Sen

Well, to put it mildly, the decisions made by the Bush cabinet are questionable. The difference between the situation 13 years ago and the one that we are in today is that we can't speak about the "right to (intervene/dictate/whatever...)". Since it was an arbitrary decision of the U.S., we are...

Do you mean the Democrats are immune from media attacks when it comes to the Middle East or that the Republicans are the only ones who know how to take advantage of the army? How can we care about what they publish after observing the events in Iraq? In a year after the U.S. had withdrawn there...

It is clear to me that the US military authorities should slow down its withdrawal from Afghanistan and keep a sufficient amount of armed forces there. First, there is a growing threat of Islamic extremism in the Middle East and Central Asia. Second, not only would it open the door for terrorist...