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The Baggage of an In-and-Outer

Paul R. Pillar | Dec 10, 2012

Widening criticism of Susan Rice's work outside government highlights the problems of Washington's public sector-private sector revolving door.

Congo the Colossal Cripple

Paul R. Pillar | Nov 26, 2012

Maybe the DRC is just too big.

Aid and Interest

John Allen Gay | Nov 19, 2012

Washington's Endless War

Doug Bandow | Oct 23, 2012

Afghanistan. Iraq. Libya. Now perhaps Syria, Iran or Mali. These days, America is rarely at peace.

Al Qaeda's Resurgence

Ahmed Charai
Joseph Braude
 | Sep 14, 2012

The terrorist organization has found new life in Africa.

Why Syria Is Not Libya

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Jun 13, 2012

History offers important warnings for those who think Assad will go quietly.

When to Intervene

Amitai Etzioni | Apr 13, 2012

Protecting innocent lives is a valid argument for humanitarian intervention. Promoting regime change is not.

Skepticism Needed About “Freedom Fighters”

Ted Galen Carpenter | Mar 14, 2012

The anti-Soviet mujahideen. Jonas Savimbi. The Nicaraguan Contras. Kony's LRA. America's opinion leaders must be more careful about whose politics they endorse.

The Fallout from Kony 2012

J. Peter Pham | Mar 13, 2012

Did the Kony 2012 documentary do more harm than good?

Interventionist Addiction: U.S. Troops in Central Africa

Ted Galen Carpenter | Oct 21, 2011

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

A Humanitarian Intervention Worth Doing

Paul R. Pillar | Oct 16, 2011

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

Saints Go Marching In

David Rieff | Jun 21, 2011

Somalia. Bosnia. Sierra Leone. Kosovo. Armed intervention is on the rise. Libya proves once again that humanitarian adventurism is a mere shroud for Western imperialism.

Who Writes the Nation's Moral Code?

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 1, 2011

As much as pundits might hope otherwise, morality is not black and white. It's time to broaden the debate.

Imperial by Design

John J. Mearsheimer | Dec 16, 2010

Like his two most recent predecessors, President Obama is embarking on a disastrous foreign policy bent on global domination.

Atrocities and Their Reverberations

Paul R. Pillar | Sep 10, 2010

Is Rwanda playing the victim card?

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