Foreign Policy

Perry, Pakistan, and the Bush Revival

Richard Whittaker, July 19, 2011

A lunch date with a former dictator: Why his meeting with Pervez Musharraf raised the specter of a Neo-Con revival

Will Border Crackdown Cause Ranger Drain?

Richard Whittaker, Sept. 25, 2009

Perry sent the Texas Rangers to the border, but all it meant was less resources for rural cops

Perry and the Fine Art of Hardship

Richard Whittaker, Sept. 22, 2008

Perry compares life in a rented mansion to the plight of hurricane evacuees

Why Rick Went to Israel

Richard Whittaker, Sept. 27, 2007

Perry attempts to burnish foreign policy pedigree with anti-Iranian demagoguery

Immigration and the Border

Richard Whittaker, May 11, 2007

Perry asks lawmakers for a new virtual border program (but not the money to pay for it)

Border Militarization Update

Diana Welch, June 30, 2006

Demanding more National Guard forces for the border, Perry stirrs up memories of an 18 year old American high school student shot by US Marines in 1997

Texas to World: Drop Dead!

Rita Radostitz, April 16, 2004

Ignoring international treaty and the Vienna Convention, Texas keeps foreign nationals on death row