Nuclear weapons have become synonymous with big business.
Nuclear Weapons Laboratories National in Name Only
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War & Peace
We’re Not Broke
These revenue-raisers and spending cuts would narrow the federal budget deficit by $881 billion per year, nearly eliminating it altogether.
Enrique Pena Nieto and Mexico’s Drug War Opening
On December 1, Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) assumed the Mexican presidency amid a flurry of protests against the party, whose previous 70-year rule defined the country’s authoritarian past. Yet it’s difficult to imagine that the new president’s term could be worse than the unmitigated disaster of his predecessor’s, which was marked by a dramatic militarization of Mexico’s drug war, widespread human rights abuses, and tens of thousands of deaths.
The U.S. and Central & South Asia: Four More Years
It is time to bring the 21st century’s version of “the Great Game” to an end.
Hamas Helped, Israel Handicapped by Threats to Their Respective Publics
Fundamental differences exists between Hamas in Gaza in 2012 compared to 2008.
Theft Is Not the Only Threat Militants Pose to Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons
During hostilities, unified authority is critical.
Syria and the Semantics of “Civil War”
The semantics of war have been thoroughly debated over the years—one man’s terrorist, as they say, is another man’s freedom fighter. And just as calling the participants in wars by different names affects our feelings toward them, so what we call each war itself is also very important.
Afghan Military Killings of American Troops Underscores Absurdity of Our Afghan Adventure
Nothing is sadder than dying in a lame duck of a war — unless it’s dying at the hands of those you’re sworn to protect.
Iron Dome’s Effectiveness Is Not an Argument for Missile Defense
The odds that missile defense can protect a state from inter-continental ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons are slim to nonexistent.
The U.S. and Africa: The Next Four Years
Just two countries — South Africa and Nigeria — currently account for over 33 percent of the continent’s economic output.