June 29, 2010

Obama 'wilfully' provoking Beijing?

China Hand (Peter Lee) has a post today on what looks like a really important story: the eruption of a startling new war of words between Washington and Beijing-- a...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 04:54 PM | Fulltext link (6 comments)

March 31, 2010

Tom Perriello-- one of the Valiant 108!

Our local Congressman, Tom Perriello (VA-5) is ramping up for a tough re-election race this fall. He was just elected by a hair's-breadth in November '08, beating out the long-serving,...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 09:22 PM | Fulltext link (3 comments)

March 16, 2010

On the current tipping point

1. We really are at a tipping point. AIPAC and its allies have really gotten their undies in a twist over last week's confrontation between Netanyahu and Biden (and Sec....
Posted by Helena Cobban at 11:17 AM | Fulltext link (19 comments)

February 24, 2010

Hillary's war-drums on Iran; Russia unwilling?

Hillary Clinton was on Capitol Hill today, telling US lawmakers that, "Iran has left the international community little choice but to impose greater costs and pressure in the face of...
Posted by Helena Cobban at 05:03 PM | Fulltext link (6 comments)