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We should shrink the alliance’s budget and ambitions and focus on the greatest threat to the West: economic crisis.

For Mary Dudziak, we are now experiencing a time of permanent war, one that does not bother everyday Americans.

Judging by his advisers, Romney would embrace Bush’s unilateral interventionism and massive military budgets.

What exactly does the president mean when he promises a “clear timeline to wind down the war"?

How a confrontation is shaping up between the US/NATO and the BRICS.

How Pakistan makes Washington pay for the Afghan war.

In the wake of recent atrocities, it’s time to face the fact that defeat in Afghanistan is inevitable.

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