Donald Rumsfeld was less afraid of what intelligence revealed than what it didn’t ― that is, almost everything.
Rumsfeld’s Biggest Unknown: Himself
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Breathless in North Korea
For 60 years, Koreans on both sides of the DMZ have awaited a peace treaty. Instead they’ve gotten an arms race and political repression.
Now’s Not the Time to Go Soft on Robert Gates
Robert Gates may have been the antidote to Donald Rumsfeld and written an honest memoir, but he was also integral to stoking the fire of U.S. hostility toward Iran.
If New York City Is the Victim of a Nuclear Attack, It Won’t Be by Nuclear Terrorists
President Obama used the tired refrain about a nuclear terrorist attack to deflect concerns about Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
The Kunming Attack and China’s Uighur Politics
In the wake of the Kunming attack, experts expect the Chinese government to crack down hard on Uighurs and anyone sympathetic to them.
More Cuba Hypocrisy in the U.S. Senate
The Senate’s leading Cuba hawks place the island–which they have never visited–at the center of every U.S. policy question on Latin America.
Wang Ping and the Kinship of Rivers
An interview with Wang Ping, a poet and activist working to build a sense of kinship between the peoples of the Yangtze and Mississippi River valleys.
Sanctioning Russia Won’t Help Ukraine
Sanctioning Russia may actually reduce its incentive to change course in Crimea.
Trading Away Democracy
Far from simply removing tariffs, the proposed “free trade” agreement between the United States and the European Union undermines representative democracy.
Asia: The Elephant vs. the Shark
The Obama administration’s nebulous “Pacific Pivot” is setting the stage for a superpower conflict in East Asia.