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Helena Cobban

Helena Cobban blogs at JustWorldNews.org. Her latest book is Re-engage! America and the World After Bush.

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Forum Response

Something from Nothing — Forum Response

Rosen neglects a key factor in U.S. planning: domestic politics.

Helena Cobban

Global Justice, Politics

Peace Out

The decline of Israel’s progressive movement.

Helena Cobban

Global Justice, Politics

Breakout

Hamas and the end of the two-state solution.

Helena Cobban

Global Justice, Politics

The 33-Day War

Hizbullah's victory, Israel's choice.

Helena Cobban

Global Justice, Politics

Hamas’s Next Steps

Finding the road to Palestine.

Helena Cobban

Forum Response

Exit Strategy — Forum Response

Underestimating Iran's role is a mistake.

Helena Cobban

Arts in Society, Global Justice

Hizbullah’s New Face

In search of a Muslim democracy.

Helena Cobban

Global Justice, Politics

Healing Rwanda

Can an international court deliver justice?

Helena Cobban

World

Healing Rwanda

The man at the witness table wears a gray suit, a too-blue shirt, a checkered brown-and-yellow tie

Helena Cobban

War & Security

Waiting for War in Damascus

Syria has been opening up. A war will shut it down.

Helena Cobban

Global Justice, Politics

Justice or Therapy?

Deabtes on how to heal from the Rwandan genocide. 

Kenneth Roth, Alison DesForges, Helena Cobban

Politics, War & Security

Fenced In

As Arafat declines and Israel's grip tightens, the Middle East sinks into hopelessness.

Helena Cobban

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