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Few are asking the hard questions about what security we actually need—and how to keep track of the billions of dollars that the government pours into it.

What does it mean when torture, already the definition of "cruel," becomes usual?

The LGBT Center and a host of high-profile New York City politicians have endorsed open debate of Israel-Palestine—only with ritual support for Israel's policies.

The president should stem growing tensions with Russia to earn its cooperation in combating terrorism and nuclear proliferation.

She vowed to make women’s rights a cornerstone of US foreign policy. How did she do?

Expanding Washington’s military footprint in North Africa may be well intended, but it could be destabilizing and lead to blowback.

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

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

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

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