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Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the author of dozens of books on U.S. foreign policy. He writes a monthly column for The New York Times News Service/Syndicate.

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- 05 Nov 09
War, Peace and Obama’s Nobel

The hopes and prospects for peace aren't well aligned--not even close. The task is to bring them nearer. Presumably… more

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- 06 Oct 09
Barack Obama and the ‘Unipolar Moment’

Every powerful state relies on specialists whose task is to show that what the strong do is noble and… more

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- 09 Sep 09
Militarizing Latin America

The United States was founded as an "infant empire," in the words of George Washington. The conquest of the… more

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- 03 Aug 09
Making War to Bring ‘Peace’

A debate is under way at the United Nations over a policy that may seem uncontroversial: an international framework… more

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- 09 Jun 09
The Trouble With Obama’s Cairo Speech

A CNN headline, reporting Obama's plans for his June 4 Cairo address, read 'Obama looks to reach the soul… more

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