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Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?

On staring death in the face and not noticing.

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"?

Rodric Braithwaite, Jonathan Steele and Artemy Kalinovsky analyze the forgotten history of Afghan communism and the Soviet occupation.

The mutual resentment between the Afghan people and the US military has broken out in the open.

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

An interview with Jonathan Schell, the unlikely oracle of Occupy Wall Street, on revolution, non-violent protest and more.

How US (in)actions have all but ensured a failed end to its presence in Afghanistan.

How US counterterrorism operations ignited an Islamist uprising.