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For Christopher McKnight Nichols, isolationists were cultural cosmopolitans who distrusted the impact of empire.

How quickly will the United States leave Afghanistan?

Indiscriminate shelling is a daily reality in Zabadani, where nonviolent protests turned to guns after the regime began killing protesters.

The new UN envoy has a near impossible task. But Washington must support it—arming the rebels will only prolong the civil war.

Drones have regularized a program of assassinations. 

A guide to disaster at home and abroad.

How two administrations and both parties made illegality the American way of life.

The election year outsourcing that no one is talking about.

The Wikileaks founder has been in Ecuador’s London embassy for six weeks awaiting a decision on his request for asylum.

The WikiLeaks cables not only uncovered extensive Washington influence in the region, it also ushered in a new age of investigative journalism.