Such a vacuum has enabled the Islamic State to become a magnet for unemployed young men throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
Military Victories Are Counterproductive If They Leave a Political Vacuum
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How a Little Pink Flower Defeated the World’s Sole Superpower
American military technology transformed remote, landlocked Afghanistan into the world’s first true narco-state.
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The [Redacted] Truth: How the CIA Lies to Its Own Employees
When the CIA wants to keep something from its operatives, it simply lies to them. Those lies make their way to Congress, and eventually into history.
Enough Islamic State Civilians Are Already Being Killed Without Carpet Bombing, Thanks
Carpet bombing of Islamic State territory called for by Sen. Ted Cruz is inflammatory rhetoric at its worst.
The Anti-War Position Bernie Sanders Can Represent
There’s a huge opening to critique the economic foundations of America’s wars — one that fits perfectly with the populist anger fueling the rise of Bernie Sanders.
Arms Control: Worse Than Baby Steps
A baby’s first steps are forward: They can’t walk one step forward, two steps back — like arms control.
Would Sanders Be the Arms Control President We Thought We Were Getting in Obama?
President Obama took the money — for the Nobel Peace Prize — and ran: straight from the arms control he won the award for.
Bernie’s Broadsides Against Kissinger Weren’t Even Half of It
The former secretary of state, whose “mentorship” Hillary Clinton boasted during the last Democratic debate, isn’t just a poor choice of foreign policy adviser. He’s a bona fide war criminal.
The TPP Trades Public Interest for Corporate Profits
How a trade pact signed in New Zealand could undermine fracktivists in Pennsylvania.
Darkness at High Noon in Korea
With governments on both sides of the DMZ extinguishing what little remained of the “sunshine era” of engagement, the peninsula is lurching toward a new period of darkness.