The three powers often misread the odds against them. With Russia and China reeling, the next danger is overreach by the United States.
A personal reflection on the ‘Big Men’ who’ve meddled in Afghanistan — and the women navigating the aftermath.
America’s parting drone attack in Afghanistan, which killed an aid worker and his family, is emblematic of the entire drone war.
The Taliban’s cruelties are horrendous, but withholding international support and maintaining blanket sanctions will only hurt the long-suffering Afghan people.
Bush’s reputation should have suffered a nose-dive after he left office. There’s only one reason his standing has improved: Trump.
After half a century studying the issue, here’s lesson number one: Wars are bad and empire is folly.
Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.
Middle East experts who opposed America’s post-9/11 wars were ridiculed as anti-American extremists. In reality, it was the pro-war right that was making us less safe.
Countless innocents died in the 20 years of war our country launched in the name of our 9/11 dead.
For just a fraction of what we’ve spent on militarization these last 20 years, we could start to make life much better.