Quote of the day

If under stress of circumstance individuals have made any promise to the enemy, they are bound to keep their word even then.

— Cicero (106BC-43BC)


Columns

Paul Rogers

Global security


Li Datong

China from the inside


Fred Halliday

Global politics


Mary Kaldor

Human Security


Daniele Archibugi

Cosmopolitan Democracy

Email & RSS

Sign up to oD's editorial summaries email:


Enter your Email


Powered by FeedBlitz


Follow oD on Twitter:


Join our Facebook group:
Add oD to your Netvibes: Add to Netvibes

openDemocracy likes:

Navigation

Recent comments

Signpost Blog

audio by artist 'sidney blumenthal'

US Republicans: the Bush legacy

openDemocracy
Sidney Blumenthal, author of The Strange Death of Republican America, talks to openDemocracy. Listen to parts one and two

View 2 comments

Sidney Blumenthal - part two

openDemocracy
13:06 minutes (11.99 MB)In part two, Blumenthal dissects the Iraq project - an "ideological dreamland" characterised by incompetence. "green zone of the mind" then on to torture and detention policy, the emergence of John McCain, unique challenge for the next president, and the end of an era