Yemen

Killing Americans

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

Al Qaeda Rises in Yemen's Chaos

How the deadly offshoot of the infamous terror group got its start.

Sequence Deficit Disorder

The punditocracy tends to remember events in whatever order it pleases.

Washington's Mideast Follies

It's time for U.S. policy makers to acknowledge the genuine horrors that have resulted, even inadvertently, from their actions.

Time to Get Serious about Yemen

The United States is not living up to the commitments it made to the new government in Sana.

Abdullah Convokes the Muslims

Syria. The Arab Spring. Regional strife. The Saudi king's conference will have no shortage of agenda items.

The Limitless Global War

The myth of a coherent "Al Qaeda" is being used to justify illegal, unconstitutional warfare.

Drones, Special Operations and Whimsical Wars

Congress should spend less time policing leaks about the president's unilateral exercise of war powers and more time restraining them.

The Stalled Arab Spring

High hopes for reform and power sharing falter amid realities of repression, insurgency and conflict.

Yemen, Drones and the Imperial Presidency

Are U.S. strikes creating more terrorists than they kill?

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May 19, 2013