Crimes Commentary

Spies Among Us

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jun 29, 2010
Moscow should be grateful that the arrest of ten alleged Russian spies brought an end to a costly and ineffective government program.

Unjust War

Doug Bandow | Dec 22, 2009
The situation of women in Afghanistan, though horrid, does not warrant more years of costly conflict.

Too Little, Too Late

| Oct 15, 2009

Abandoning Burma

Morton Abramowitz
Jonathan Kolieb
| May 06, 2008
What’s happening in Burma is a tragedy. Now Washington should step up to the plate.

Putin's Heir?: NI Online's Continuing Russia Coverage

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Andreas Umland
| Dec 10, 2007
After Vladimir Putin’s announcement today that he would support Dimitri Medvedev to be the next Russian president, Nikolas K. Gvosdev gives some perspective.

Torture is Not a Republican Value

Philip Giraldi | Nov 12, 2007
Contrary to what many have said, supporting torture is not part of being a conservative. If continued, White House policies that tolerate it will undermine U.S. credibility, produce bad intelligence and put American soldiers at risk.

Ruling Pakistan

Ximena Ortiz | Nov 05, 2007
If ruling Pakistan is like riding a tiger, President Pervez Musharraf may be drawing in his reins too tightly, according to some analysts.

Blame Game at the CIA

Amy Zegart | Aug 23, 2007
The finger-pointing should extend far beyond those mentioned in the recently released inspector general's report on the CIA's pre-9/11 intelligence failures.

Immigration Bill 101

Brian Zimmer | Jun 26, 2007
Breaking down the bill that is stirring up so much controversy.

Moscow, We Have a Problem

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Mar 07, 2007
If the end result in 2008 is for Russia to be more prosperous but to have simply traded one group of “the powerful” who are unaccountable and operate above the law for another, that may not be the legacy Putin is looking to leave behind.

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