Tensions are ratcheting up between China and the United States over maritime boundaries in Asia.
US-China Maritime Disputes: Too Close for Comfort
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War & Peace
When Shuttling Between the Public and Private Sectors Actually Helped Cut Defense Spending
Usually it just stovepipes influence from Wall Street to the government.
Counting the Crimes of the War on Terror
Maybe we’ll never see America’s torturers behind bars. They should still have to tell the truth about what they did.
Orlando and the Future of Terrorism
It’s tempting to use a harsh epithet like “terrorism” to describe the actions in Orlando. Perhaps “mass hate crime” would be more accurate.
Supporting Hillary Clinton Could Mean Choosing Between Your Son and Your Daughter
Like LBJ, as president, any domestic successes Hillary Clinton might achieve could be undercut by ill-advised interventions abroad.
Plenty of Blame to Spread Around for the Orlando Nightclub Shooting
It starts with a homophobic psychopath and extends to corporations and states.
Clinton’s Foreign Policy Poses a Challenge to the Left
Force, rather than negotiation, seems to be Hillary Clinton’s default response.
Muhammad, Christ, Buddha, and … ibn Abd al-Wahhab?
How did an eighteenth-century Arab preacher and scholar become one of the most influential religious figures in the world today?
Muhammad Ali: Early American Adopter of Islam
Muhammad Ali’s conversion to Islam was, in part, an attempt to transcend racism.
What if the U.S. Dismantled China’s Internet Firewall?
The U.S. could retaliate against a massive Chinese cyberattack by blowing up its web censorship.