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In Big Win for Defense Industry, Obama Rolls Back Limits on Arms Exports
New relaxed legislations will increase the flow of American-made military parts to the worldu2019s conflicts and make it harder to enforce arms sanctions as thousands of parts of military …
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US Suspends More Military Aid to Egypt, Arousing Skepticism
The Obama administration announced Wednesday it was freezing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Egyptian military pending u201ccredible progressu201d toward a return to democratic rule.
US Cuts to Egyptian Military Won’t Weaken Coup Regime
Mohamed Elmeshad: Dozens killed in clashes across Egypt over the past week, highlighting the violent nature of the country's US-backed coup regime.
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Refocusing Anti-Drone Activism
Drones aren't the problem. The problem is the Global War on Terror's tactics of targeted assassinations, kill lists, signature strikes, violations of the sovereignty of nations, etc.
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Old Game, New Obsession, New Enemy: Now it’s China
More than jihadism or Iran, China is now Washington's obsession in Africa and beyond.
The Etiquette of War and Surveillance: Letters to Colonel Manners (Ret.)
Colonel Manners (ret.) answers letters from Americans puzzled by the etiquette, manners and language of the arcane national security world of Washington.
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Ask a Keynesian: With US Borrowing Capped, Won’t More Pentagon Spending Destroy Jobs?
In the current federal budget political context, unnecessary Pentagon spending destroys American jobs.
The Radical Christian Right and the War on Government
While the radical religious right wants to lead a world based on conservative values, in reality it has no interest in promoting actual social values.
Petraeus’ Statement on Plan Colombia at Odds With Reality
While there has been an increase in military presence since Plan Colombiau2019s inception in 2000, it has by no means been a victory for U.S. u201csecurity assistance.u201d
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War in Afghanistan: Operation Enduring Violence
The war in Afghanistan continues despite the absence of any convincing motive and ever-compounding costs.