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Are We Winning the Drone War?
This formulation implicitly restricts its concern for “winners” to the US But other lives, combatant and noncombatant, also matter.
US Commander Says Only Four or Five Pentagon-Trained Fighters in Syria
Gen. Lloyd Austin conceded the Pentagon has struggled to train and equip a proxy force.
Resisting the Lure of Intervention: The Search for Terrestrial Intelligence
Might our capacity for interference be a sign not of a dynamic civilization, but of a fatal flaw?
Garrisoning the Globe: How US Military Bases Abroad Undermine National Security
Such bases helped lock us inside a permanently militarized society.
Students Slam Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s Assault on Japan’s Constitution
SEALDs focus is on Abe's disregard for the Constitution, but its agenda is clearly pacifist.
William Rivers Pitt | Ashes in Our Hair: 9/11 Never Ended
Fourteen years later, that nerve is still as raw as it was on that September morning.
Iran Nuclear Deal Survives Senate Vote
Republicans in the Senate failed to secure enough votes Thursday to derail the Iran nuclear agreement.
Diplomacy Advocates Should Challenge Clinton on Iran and Syria
Hillary's move to the right Wednesday on Iran creates an opening for pro-diplomacy Democrats.
“Open Up, Europe!”: Former EU Adviser Urges Opening of Borders
Under a new proposal, quotas would be set for all 22 nations across Europe to take a total of 160,000 refugees.
Call Israeli Settlements What They Are: Colonies
A key step in the direction of transformed conversation is the act of seeing the “settlements” and the “occupation” for what they really are.