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Whistling past the graveyard of empires.

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

The true economic legacy of the Reagan years is not tax cuts but union busting.

The unstoppable legacy of the war on terror.

The MSM’s addiction to false equivalence continues to distort our political debate.

On a recent visit to Gaza, officials from both factions told me they are ready to accept the results of new elections, win or lose.

Israel’s expansion project in the West Bank and Jerusalem is ensuring that the “nation” that the UN might grant membership will be each day a little smaller, a little less viable, a little less there.

The United States has alienated both allied regimes and their opposition movements.

Faced with the prospect of trying to convict a man for leaking unclassified information, the DoJ put together a misdemeanor plea deal.

Ari Berman explains the message Obama is sending by appointing William Daley and Gene Sperling to his White House team.