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predator drone

Congress has many options to counter the Obama Doctrine, including revising the 1973 War Powers Resolution and 2011 Authorization for Use of Military Force. 

CIA

A secret CIA drone base, a blowback world and why Washington has no learning curve.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The Islamic Republic has survived for so long because its basic model is, according to numerous surveys, what a majority of Iranians actually want. 

Soldier

How the United States military has become a global police force for the superrich and superpowerful.

Chuck Hagel

Today's confirmation hearings are the last best chance to debate the truth about a lost war and America's war-making future.

Afghani kids

The US has three lousy options with Afghanistan. Pick one.

In his inaugural speech, the president vowed to engage with other countries so as to "lift suspicion and fear." He should reach out to forge a more sane and sensible relationship with Cuba.

South China Sea

Will China-Japan-US tensions in the Pacific ignite a conflict and sink the global economy?

Chuck Hagel

Chuck Hagel is no leftist. But he has stood up to AIPAC, the defense industry and the neocons.

Vladimir Putin

Obama, Congress and the media continue their dangerous, one-dimensional approach.

Blogs

Polls show Americans overwhelmingly oppose US action in Syria, 62-24.

May 1, 2013

The New York Times blows the cover off the Syrian rebel movement.

April 29, 2013

The answer is diplomacy, not war.

April 26, 2013

It’s a tough one, but it ought to John Kerry’s top priority.

April 24, 2013

Under a Democratic administration's military crusade, the US is putting out a global warrant for its own attack.

April 23, 2013

Who were the al-Awlakis, and why did the US kill them?

April 23, 2013

What do we know—and not know—about the US’s covert, extrajudicial ops?

April 23, 2013

The FBI needs to release its Tsarnaev file.

April 23, 2013

President Obama should stay out of Moscow’s jihad in Chechnya.

April 22, 2013

The Supreme Court will now decide: can the government force aid recipients to oppose prostitution?

April 19, 2013