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As the 2012 election draws closer, what can Obama learn from the many battles of Chile's most famous president?

Behold this unctuous knave, a disgrace to his nation as few before him, yet boasting unvarnished virtue.

The increasing involvement of unmanned drones in our warmaking suggests that it might be useful to stop thinking of war in exclusively human terms.

Eight disastrous years after we invaded, it is sad but altogether true that Iraq does not matter much in the end.

Michael Tracy on the Republican filibuster of the DREAM Act and Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal, Peter Rothberg on the One Nation Working Together march and Jennifer O'Mahony on the Pope's visit to England

The effort to keep fuel flowing for the American military has led to questionable alliances in Kyrgyzstan and allegations of corruption entangling the US government.

They're baaaaack! Liz, Dick, Bill and the neocons plot to retake Washington.

Inside sources reveal that the firm works with the US military in Karachi to plan targeted assassinations and drone bombings, among other sensitive counterterrorism operations.

Inside sources reveal that the firm works with the US military in
Karachi to plan targeted assassinations and drone bombings, among other sensitive counterterrorism operations.

Why the sudden disclosure of a secret uranium enrichment facility in Iran?