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Washington’s Iran Policy and Global Disaster (Foreign Policy, US Politics)

What history should teach us about blockading Iran.

Juan Cole
Throwing Money at the Pentagon (Government, US Military)

A lesson in Republican math and military spending.

William Hartung
Washington's Nightmare in Afghanistan (War and Peace, US Wars and Military Action)

Why Afghan history is a sobering antidote to the relentless optimism of the American military.

Ann Jones
How to Fund an American Police State (Government, Police and Law Enforcement)

The government is spending real money on an imaginary war.

Stephan Salisbury
Scoring the Global War on Terror (US Politics, US Wars and Military Action)

From liberation to assassination, in three quick rounds.

Andrew J. Bacevich
Kicking Down the World's Door (Covert Ops, US Wars and Military Action)

How drones, special operations forces and the US Navy plan to end national sovereignty as we know it.

Tom Engelhardt
The Myth of an 'Isolated' Iran (Nuclear Arms and Proliferation, Sanctions, Economy)

Following the money in the Iran crisis.

Pepe Escobar
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Obama's 'Mission Accomplished' Moment? (Foreign Policy, US Military, US Military Presence Abroad)

A military-first policy on a destabilizing planet.

Tom Engelhardt
Energy Wars 2012 (War and Peace, Economy, Environment, World)

The three top hot spots of potential conflict in the coming Geo-Energy Era.

Michael T. Klare
Debacle: Lessons From Lost Wars (Foreign Policy, Iraqi Reconstruction and Occupation, US Military Presence Abroad)

How two wars in the Greater Middle East revealed the weakness of the global superpower.

Tom Engelhardt