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New Study On Nuke Testing Proves Kyl Wrong

A new congressionally commissioned report just stuck it to Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ). Kyl is the leading advocate in the Senate for testing nuclear weapons and has led the charge against the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) – a treaty that seeks to stop ...

From MAX BERGMANN, Think Progress,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Jon Kyl,  Barack Obama,  Wall Street Journal

Max Bergmann: US-Denmark Rewind

Well that didn't feel good. 3-1 defeats never do. The US had a decent first half and went in with a one-nil lead. Benni Feilhaber was all over the place and Jeff Cunningham had a great goal, putting him in contention for a World Cup spot. But Denmark ...

From MAX BERGMANN, Huffington Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Frankie Hejduk,  Jeff Cunningham,  Pablo Mastroeni,  Jonathan Spector,  Jonathan Bornstein

Dubious Article Leaves Paranoid Right Seeing IAEA–Iran Conspiracy

A report that came out yesterday from the conservative Times of London has gotten the American right into a tizzy. The Times reported that longtime bogeyman for the right, Mohammed ElBaradei, the head of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency, was ...

From MAX BERGMANN, Think Progress,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  United Nations,  U N Security Council,  George W. Bush

Russia Reset Showing Results

A year ago, there was a rising fear that the US and Russia were on the verge of a new Cold War. Today the relationship seems to have gone 180. The US and Russia are now on the verge of signing a new nuclear disarmament agreement and look increasingly ...

From MAX BERGMANN, Think Progress,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Dmitry Medvedev,  John McCain,  Henry Kissinger

Max Bergmann: US-Slovakia: Forget the scoreline, US impressed

In the blogoshpere, the US team has often been compared to Slovakia when trying to assess America's international soccer. Optimists argued the US was far superior to Slovakia, while critics of the UMNT often argued that the U.S. wasn't even close to ...

From MAX BERGMANN, Huffington Post,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Martin Å krtel

Max Bergmann: US-Slovakia Preview: Things to watch for

The US will take on Slovakia in Bratislava on Saturday in its first exhibition match since it qualified for the World Cup (10 am on Fox Soccer Channel). These are two very evenly matched teams with Slovakia featuring Liverpool's intimidating central ...

From MAX BERGMANN, Huffington Post,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bob Bradley,  Fox Soccer Channel,  Liverpool F.C.,  Martin Å krtel,  Robbie Rogers

Max Bergmann: Obama obvious choice for Nobel prize

Thought experiment: Who else really should have won the Nobel Peace Prize. I am sure you can come up with some names, but the basic fact is that Obama - by making the most powerful country in the world not just reengage but lead on major global issues - ...

From MAX BERGMANN, Huffington Post,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Yasser Arafat,  Shimon Peres

Maintaining America's Relevance

Over the last eight years the U.S. had become increasingly irrelevant on key global issues - such as nonproliferation, energy, climate change - and as a result lost influence globally and witnessed the world become increasingly fractured. Sitting on ...

From MAX BERGMANN, Democracy Arsenal,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Max Bergmann: F-22 victory about more than just a plane

It is sometimes easy to overstate the significance of a fight over a particular weapon system. But in this case I think it is fair to say that this is a huge victory for Obama and Gates and is a big step forward toward instituting a strategic shift ...

From MAX BERGMANN, Huffington Post,  21 Jul 2009

Related Topics: The Pentagon,  Barack Obama

F-22 victory about more than just a plane

It is sometimes easy to overstate the significance of a fight over a particular weapon system. But in this case I think it is fair to say that this is a huge huge victory for Obama and Gates and is a big step forward toward instituting a strategic ...

From MAX BERGMANN, Democracy Arsenal,  21 Jul 2009

Related Topics: The Pentagon,  Barack Obama

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