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If Israel Attacks

As things stand, if Iran continues on its path toward obtaining the bomb, Israel will strike, and the consequences would be disastrous for the entire world. Here's how America can convince Israel to live with a nuclear Iran.

Unintelligent Design

In the wake of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Americans cried out for catharsis. The 9/11 Commission delivered. What we are left with is an ill-conceived bureacracy in the guise of reform.

The Anarchic Republic of Pakistan

Pakistan's military-intelligence complex is too preoccupied with countering India to mount a serious campaign against radicals who threaten the nation's survival. The country is being destroyed from within.

St. Peter and the Minarets

The Catholic Church is under assault. A secularizing West, the encroachment of Islam into Europe, and the sexual-abuse scandal all threaten the Vatican's ability to influence the masses. The Church's response will be felt worldwide.

A Love Lost Over the Atlantic

The "special relationship" has long been a foreign policy myth. The day has finally come for a peaceful separation between two English-speaking powers.

Spoils of Babylon

Kirkuk is about to bring Iraq back into civil war. The Obama administration is moving toward a settlement of this disputed region that will anger everyone.

Commentary

Mexico's Other Security Challenges

As Obama meets the new Mexican president, he'll want to be mindful of efforts to build up Mexico's intelligence forces.

Exploit Beijing's Nuclear Nightmare

China won't risk pressuring North Korea unless it fears Japan and South Korea might develop bombs of their own.

Thatcher and Entrenched Interests

The former prime minister's victories over elites at all levels of society deserve emulation.

Blogs

Seymour Hersh's Wild Attack on the Military and Neocons

Christian-fundamentalist-neocon crusaders driving U.S. military policy in the Middle East? As if the Arab world needs any more conspiracy theories.

The Public Interpretation of Salient Events

The Tuscon shooting incident is being blown out of proportion. The media overkill will tell us very little about any larger issues at stake.

The Mexican Trickle-Down Effect

Mexico's drug violence spreads throughout Central America, bringing back memories of the bad old days.

Books & Reviews

A House that Murdoch Bought

The business of newspapers isn't as interesting as journalists think. Not only that, few can write properly, few report thoroughly, and many are frustrated at being chroniclers rather than the persons being covered.

America Under the Caesars

Anti-interventionists allege our leaders traded a strong, austere republic for a weak and sprawling empire predicated on a military might that could not match our own ambitions. This narrative negates real threats and real victories.

Passions of Pope Victor

As Europe secularized and the global South becomes the new market for potential converts, Christianity is undergoing a painful evolution.

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June 18, 2013