Few would oppose a robust U.S. response to Ebola, but the Obama administration’s deployment of 3,000 troops to Liberia comes amid a broader U.S.-led militarization in West Africa.
Militarizing the Ebola Crisis
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Missile Defense Isn’t the Only Weapons System That Undermines Nuclear Deterrence
Like missile defense, hypersonic missiles destabilize the nuclear balance.
Without Iran, a Coalition to Confront the Islamic State Is Doomed to Failure
Iran is the linchpin of security in the Middle East.
Our Unjust Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Have Blinded Us to a Real Threat
Many Americans have reached the point that they can no longer conceive of a legitimate war unless it’s on our own soil.
The Tao of North Korea
Forget those black-and-white satellite photos—North and South Korea are more alike than many suppose, and they’re slowly growing closer.
Foreign Policy, Lord Palmerston, and Appendectomies
The U.S. cannot confront climate change, growing economic inequality, and the deterioration of our infrastructure and education system without reducing the $1 trillion it spends annually on defense.
How Hard Times Are Healing Bosnia
Amid rising anti-government sentiment and a series of natural disasters, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s fractured ethnic communities are drawing strength from an unlikely source: each other.
People Who Live in Glass Houses Shouldn’t Complain About Violations of the INF Treaty
The U.S. recently made the case that Russia is in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, but it needs to look in the mirror, too.
How Putin Could Defeat NATO With Nukes
Unthinkable? Perhaps, but it’s entirely plausible that Vladimir Putin could attack a NATO country with nuclear weapons and emerge victorious.
U.S. Leadership Against Russia Crippled By Its Own Hypocrisy
Washington’s major limitation towards Russia is not a lack of military leadership, but a lack of moral leadership.