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Romney, the quintessential vulture capitalist, knows the foreign policy debate has always been about maximizing profit.

President Barack Obama

The US empire is a lesson in how not to change a changing world. 

Libyan security forces

Beneath the political debates over the death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens is a history of American meddling in the country—which set the stage for the assassination.

The United States and Pakistan have become the dysfunctional nuclear family of international relations.

What are the new rules of the political game in the Middle East? Nobody knows, but Marc Lynch’s The Arab Uprising is a useful guide.

Though the Cuban Missile Crisis was fifty years ago, imperial America and the threat of nuclear war remains. 

The coup government's brutal campaign against the opposition elicits barely a peep of criticism from the United States.  

U.S military might is failing in a world without major enemies. 

Washington must work with Russia, embracing the letter and spirit of the Geneva principles agreed upon in June.

Blogs

As President Hu arrives to meet Obama, the White House ought to look inward at America's own failings, not bash Beijing.

January 18, 2011

A US military chaplain in Iraq says it's time to go.

January 18, 2011

It's refreshing to see people toppling a corrupt regime, but there's a long way to go.

January 17, 2011

Israeli leader angered by Mossad chief's comment that Iran won't have a bomb before 2015.

January 12, 2011

Missouri democrat to ex-Marine whose office is charged with mishandling millions of dollars intended for Afghanistan reconstruction. "I don't mean to be cruel. I don't think you're the right person for this job."

January 11, 2011

Blocking Iran from acquiring nuclear equipment is one thing. Trying to shut down Iran's economy is "regime change."

January 11, 2011

What we see when we see the photos of the first twenty detainees the Bush administration transferred to Camp X-Ray.

January 11, 2011

Cleric, returned after four years in Iran, challenges Maliki to expel American troops–or else.

January 10, 2011

Chinese tell Pentagon chief that US arms sales to Taiwan are a threat to China's "core interests."

January 10, 2011

Imagine! A great world power wants to expand its military reach.

January 6, 2011