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Why closing the Strait of Hormuz could ignite a war and a global depression.

Bradley Manning, Washington and the blood of civilians.

A military-first policy on a destabilizing planet.

Those clamoring for big cuts shouldn’t expect much, if anything, to change this year.

With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act, the president has brought Guantánamo-style justice to the United States.

What a busted robot airplane tells us about American empire in 2012 and beyond.

With foreclosure and unemployment rates even higher for veterans, their participation in the Occupy movement was inevitable.

American politicians try not to talk about it, but it's been apparent to the Pakistani security complex for some time: the Afghan Taliban cannot be militarily defeated.

State Department employee Peter Van Buren was sent to Iraq to help rebuild it. The result was an exercise in Murphy's Law.

At Fenway Park, a look at the changing relationship between sports and the American military.