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

The April 1 elections may signal a new era in which the regime retains control even while sharing a limited degree of power with civilians.

The coming big storms facing our planet can only be tackled by strong governments.

Hopes for reform in Burma are starting to be fulfilled, but skepticism of its rulers is still warranted.

In a momentous strategic shift, President Obama has begun a military buildup in East Asia in a foolish attempt to intimidate China. It will bring blowback, and a greater risk of war.

When it comes to subjecting resource-rich, developing countries to American military power, President Obama is in the process of outdoing his predecessor.

Across the Greater Middle East from Tunisia and Egypt to Bahrain and Yemen, democratic protests are threatening to sweep away subordinate elites crucial to the wielding of American power.

Nick Cullather’s The Hungry World teaches us that US agricultural assistance in Asia during the cold war was a Green Counterrevolution.

What the Tunisian Revoluton and WikiLeaks tell us about American support for corrupt dictatorships in the Muslim World.

Why do America's leaders always opt for "more" in counterinsurgency disasters rather than cutting their losses?