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Will A Left "3.0" Emerge?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Feb 6, 2013

The left has grown up; the right is in danger of splitting up.

Killing Americans

James Joyner | Feb 6, 2013

A Department of Justice memo asserts that the executive branch can unilaterally order U.S. citizens murdered without so much as a criminal charge.

Leon Panetta's Conventional Wisdom

Doug Bandow | Feb 6, 2013

The outgoing secretary of defense wasn't terrible, but he turned an uncritical eye on U.S. defense policy.

Kerry Can't Make Peace Alone

John Allen Gay | Feb 5, 2013

Don't Rule Out Russia

Thomas E. Graham | Feb 5, 2013

A strategic dialogue with Moscow might reveal new areas for cooperation.

Evaluating Hillary

Paul J. Saunders | Feb 5, 2013

Was she really that good?

Suez and the Lessons of History

Paul R. Pillar | Feb 4, 2013

The lessons of 1956 became much less relevant after 1967.

The Cold War World Wasn't Simple

Robert Golan-Vilella | Feb 4, 2013

Many of the "new" challenges facing the world were around back then, too.

The Hagel Hearing Farce

James Joyner | Feb 1, 2013

The former senator's performance was disappointing, but his old colleagues were trying to score points back home.

The Torture Temptation

Ted Galen Carpenter | Feb 1, 2013

The most compelling argument for legal torture is actually both sloppy and dangerous.

Learning the Wrong Lessons from Ike

Alexander Joffe | Feb 1, 2013

Chuck Hagel's support of Eisenhower's handling of the 1956 Suez Crisis overlooks the American complacency that led to the war.

Forget Asia – Time to Pivot to Europe

Robert A. Manning | Feb 1, 2013

A United States-European Union free-trade proposal will be a big opportunity for the Obama administration. 

Budgetary Misnomers and the Cost of Defense

Paul R. Pillar | Jan 31, 2013

The concepts of discretionary and mandatory spending are rather vague.

A Report Card for Hillary

Marvin Kalb | Jan 31, 2013

The outgoing secretary of state may not have had any headline-grabbing achievements, but she was still successful.

The Dumbest Argument against Hagel

Robert Golan-Vilella | Jan 30, 2013

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