Responding to Norman Dombey, Peter Gowan asks why such an unequal treaty has attracted so many adherents—and why its superpower beneficiary has sought to undermine it. Do impasses around the NPT signal failures for US dominance?

The so-called War on Terror has created a global bonanza for the world of commercial military suppliers, writes Solomon Hughes in this extract from his new book War on Terror, Inc.

In articles from July 2006 and August 2008, Michel Chossudovsky examines the geopolitics of the conflict between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia and considers US/NATO and Israeli interests in the region given the importance of the BP-controlled Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil and gas pipeline.

As Noordin Mengal’s experience shows, the US is now adding human rights defenders to its list of unwanted aliens argues Peter Tatchell.

The decisions taken by the United States and Israel over the next four months will influence events in the middle east for the next four years and beyond, says Paul Rogers.