http://www.fpif.org/rss FPIF Latest Content Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:35:36 -0500 en-us 38.906778-77.041481 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/~3/WCYmSrTa-c8/dear_secretary_panetta_us_taxpayers_have_better_things_to_do_with_their_money_than_fund_nukes_in_europe http://www.fpif.org/blog/dear_secretary_panetta_us_taxpayers_have_better_things_to_do_with_their_money_than_fund_nukes_in_europe Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:10:14 -0500 The Project for Government Oversight has written a letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta reminding him that it's U.S. taxpayers who pay for nuclear weapons in Europe.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/~4/WCYmSrTa-c8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/dear_secretary_panetta_us_taxpayers_have_better_things_to_do_with_their_money_than_fund_nukes_in_europe http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/~3/dxfg6fpD-Js/iran_and_post-withdrawal_iraq http://www.fpif.org/articles/iran_and_post-withdrawal_iraq Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:20:00 -0500 Iraq knows that Iran -- unlike America and other Western forces -- is there to stay.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/~4/dxfg6fpD-Js" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/iran_and_post-withdrawal_iraq http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/~3/IE3TM2yAZ90/failed_sanctions_on_iran http://www.fpif.org/articles/failed_sanctions_on_iran Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:57:07 -0500 Economic sanctions have not persuaded Iran to give up its nuclear program, so it's time to try something different.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/~4/IE3TM2yAZ90" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/failed_sanctions_on_iran http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/~3/0ODcGgNePkc/principled_intervention_in_africa http://www.fpif.org/articles/principled_intervention_in_africa Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:18:17 -0500 The recent ICC indictment of four Kenyans represents a model for international involvement in conflict resolution in Africa.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/~4/0ODcGgNePkc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/principled_intervention_in_africa http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/~3/YBzWQid-jnU/is_libya_a_false_analogy_in_hillary_clintons_words_to_syria http://www.fpif.org/blog/is_libya_a_false_analogy_in_hillary_clintons_words_to_syria Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:00 -0500 How will the international community react if Syria's opposition movement comes down firmly in favor of foreign intervention?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/~4/YBzWQid-jnU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/is_libya_a_false_analogy_in_hillary_clintons_words_to_syria http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/~3/mUL5skQ0iY0/timoney_time_in_bahrain http://www.fpif.org/blog/timoney_time_in_bahrain Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:00 -0500 Bahrain's Interior Ministry has hired the heavy-handed former police chief of Philadelphia and Miami.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/~4/mUL5skQ0iY0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/timoney_time_in_bahrain http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/~3/BGrn4ue5Ahc/the_apple_connection http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_apple_connection Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:41:00 -0500 Apple's march to market supremacy has been accomplished at tremendous cost to both American and Chinese workers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/~4/BGrn4ue5Ahc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_apple_connection http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/~3/gHu17wCqnmQ/israels_war_on_democracy_and_why_americans_should_be_concerned http://www.fpif.org/blog/israels_war_on_democracy_and_why_americans_should_be_concerned Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:11:36 -0500 The Israeli right's assault on democracy could remove the obstacles to an attack on Iran.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/~4/gHu17wCqnmQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/israels_war_on_democracy_and_why_americans_should_be_concerned http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/~3/aSti9qfgZLA/does_us_believe_arms_deal_with_bahrain_will_encourage_human_rights http://www.fpif.org/blog/does_us_believe_arms_deal_with_bahrain_will_encourage_human_rights Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:51:23 -0500 The United States is going ahead with an arms sale to Bahrain despite Congressional opposition and criticism from human rights observers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/~4/aSti9qfgZLA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/blog/does_us_believe_arms_deal_with_bahrain_will_encourage_human_rights http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FPIF/~3/ONE42F0OVwc/avoiding_a_war_in_the_gulf http://www.fpif.org/articles/avoiding_a_war_in_the_gulf Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:27:00 -0500 New avenues for dialogue between the United States and Iran are needed to prevent minor confrontations from igniting a full-scale war.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FPIF/~4/ONE42F0OVwc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.fpif.org/articles/avoiding_a_war_in_the_gulf