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Homegrown Jihad Sweeps America

With two new cases of domestic terrorism this month, the U.S. must start to take this threat much more seriously.

Interventionist Addiction: U.S. Troops in Central Africa

American blood and treasure pay for Washington's humanitarian-intervention addiction.

A Humanitarian Intervention Worth Doing

This is no Somalia or Libya. Eradicating the Lord's Resistance Army is the right thing to do.

Etzioni and the Great Drone Debate

How drones minimize one of the only remaining restraints on whimsical war making.

The Great Drone Debate

The good, the bad and the ugly on unmanned aircraft.

The Trouble with Global Public Goods

Americans no longer want to be the world's policemen. It's time to stop giving rich allies a free ride.

The Convoluted Debate on Drones

Are drones simply providing policy makers a more antiseptic avenue for satiating their endless appetite for intervention?

Washington's Foreign-Policy Hypochondria

Why the U.S. has become the meddling Aunt Myrtle of the international community.

Sudan and the Sanctions Trap

Is it better to reward an indicted war criminal or punish a nascent state?

Ideology Confronts Justice Again

The ever-present dilemma of terrorist detainment rears its ugly head again.

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February 13, 2012