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Can Anyone Pacify the World’s Number One Narco-State?
The Obama administration is now trapped in an endless cycle of drugs and death in Afghanistan.
No Justice Forever – America’s New Foreign Policy of Indefinite Detention
Indefinite detention short circuits due process and turns the presumption of innocence on its head.
Over the Meds and Under the Hood
Pfc. Michael Kern attempted to hand the president a letter demanding the military overhaul its mental health system.
Why the US Needs a Holistic Approach to Yemen
Americans must appreciate the underlying crises that shape the current situation in Yemen.
An American World of War: What to Watch for in 2010
According to the Chinese calendar, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. We don't name our years, but if we did, this one might prospectively be called the …
Welcome Home, War! How America’s Wars Are Systematically Destroying Our Liberties
Don't ever claim that nobody told you this could happen.
Two Sentenced, Three Absolved in Argentine “Dirty War” Trial, Angering Activists
A federal court in Buenos Aires on October 23 convicted two former army officials - Jorge Olivera Rovere and Jose Menendez - to life sentences, for crimes committed during …
Tortured Memories and the Culture of War
It is difficult to imagine how any democracy could not be corrupted when war becomes the foundation of politics.
Kipling Haunts Obama’s Afghan War
The White Man's Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American imperialism, was front and center October 29, 2009, at a RAND-sponsored discussion …
Defense Secretary Gates Is Not a Diplomat
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has played the “ugly American” in Tokyo, cast in a role he should not have been given.