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The Threat at Home

Rebecca N. White | May 07, 2010
The attempted Times Square attack is just the latest in a line of plots that shows Washington doesn’t have a strategy to prevent homegrown terror.

Tokyo Rising

Ted Galen Carpenter | Apr 07, 2010
China’s growing strength is making its neighbors nervous—and less fearful of a fully rearmed Japan.

Unjust War

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

Why We Can't Leave

Bruce Hoffman | Sep 25, 2009
A top terrorism expert argues against the rising calls for a rapid U.S. departure from Afghanistan. Otherwise we risk another major al-Qaeda attack.

Obama's Speech

Ximena Ortiz | Jun 04, 2009
The president’s Cairo address confirmed his skill as an orator and encouraged Arabs and Israelis to work toward peace. But the realities of the AfPak conflict will probably ring truer in Muslim ears than Obama’s dulcet tones.

Al-Qaeda Dangerous as Ever

Bruce Hoffman | Sep 10, 2008
Despite our best efforts, al-Qaeda remains resilient and dangerous on the eve of September 11.

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.

Disadvantage: Realism

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Apr 10, 2008
Pragmatic foreign-policy voices are always being upstaged by grandiloquent pronouncements from those promising to stand up to dictators and spread democracy. Too bad that what realists have to say is usually more sensible.

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.

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