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Trump’s Chaos Is Covering for Stealth Escalation Overseas
Americans are tired of wars without end. But the reality is that we are headed into more war without public support, without a sensible strategy or a clear purpose.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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March 21, 2017
Why Those Spring Breakers Chanted ‘Build That Wall’
We shouldn’t be surprised—they’re the children of unending war.
Greg Grandin
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March 7, 2017
Trump Doesn’t Realize These Are Wars We Cannot Win
From Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII to today’s Afghanistan, America has developed a dangerous obsession with “winning.”
Rebecca Gordon
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December 19, 2016
Declassified: The Military’s Border-Busting Operations in Africa
Officials say military operations in Africa are only about assisting partner nations. That’s not true.
Nick Turse
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October 26, 2016
Obama’s Foreign Policy: A Hostage to Bipartisan Consensus
He may have criticized the “Washington playbook,” but he couldn’t overcome DC's interventionist orthodoxy.
James Carden
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September 19, 2016
The Syrian Truce and Obama’s Exit Strategy
Without an agreement for Assad to step down and allow a transition toward a pluralist government, no cease-fire stands a chance.
Gilbert Achcar
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September 19, 2016
The UK’s Devastating New Report on NATO’s Regime-Change War in Libya
The report is a convincing indictment of the UK’s civilian and military leadership in 2011—and our own.
James Carden
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August 5, 2016
Obama Expands the ISIS Bombing Campaign to a 4th Country, the Media Barely Notice
What began two years ago as “limited” air strikes in Iraq now includes Syria, Afghanistan, and Libya—all with little public debate.
Adam H. Johnson
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April 5, 2016
Congress Gave the President a Blank Check for War—and Never Looked Back
The legislative branch is supposed to “balance” the executive branch. Too bad they’ve been checked out for years.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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March 29, 2016
What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment
What we need today is a serious and sustained challenge to the “credibility” addiction that has failed our country for so long.
Katrina vanden Heuvel