If Ukraine wants to move closer to the West, it will probably have to submit to the knife.
Can Ukraine Gnaw Its Way out of Trouble?
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War & Peace
The Islamic State’s Ultraviolence Has Much in Common With Christianity’s Past and Present
Like Islam, Christianity has often been perverted to justify violence.
Six Americans Who Said No to Torture
Meet six heroes who defied the military and the CIA to defy and expose America’s illegal torture program.
Obama’s Last National Security Strategy
Even a superpower can’t maintain dominance in every domain and also effectively address big-ticket items like climate change.
Once and for All, Does Islam Play Too Fast and Loose With Violence?
Hannah Gais holds that Islam is just a handy tool that militants use to battle oppression.
Cambodia’s Remarkable Journey
Amazingly, Cambodia’s transition out of rule by the Khmer Rouge, its long civil war, and its descent into electoral authoritarianism have all been guided by one man. A new book looks at his legacy.
Drone Strikes and the Sanitization of Violence
As the U.S. drone war flares up again in Yemen, a distressingly familiar pattern is playing out.
5 Reasons Congress Should Reject Obama’s ISIS War
The Obama administration wants a rubber stamp on its unwise, unlimited, and unauthorized new war in the Middle East. It shouldn’t get it.
ISIS Unites the World
There’s no better time for Sunni and Shia to sit down together and address not just ISIS but the injustice, intolerance, and inequality that birthed it.
Stephen Walt Ventures Into the Taboo, Calls for Appeasement in Ukraine
According to Stephen Walt, insecurity, not the urge to expand, is behind Russia’s actions in Ukraine.