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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.

Sanctum FATA

The United States has allowed the Afghan War to slip from apparent victory to possible defeat. Kabul is no longer the center of battle. The fulcrum has shifted to Pakistan.

Ambushed on the Potomac

One of America’s best-known neoconservatives gives his take on what went wrong over the past eight years, the role of the State Department in hijacking Bush’s foreign policy and why 50 million conspiracy theorists have it wrong.

The Art of Petraeus

There is no doubt that General Petraeus’s strategies salvaged Iraq. His successes, however, mask a vital policy debate about the future of our armed services.

Russia Goes Ballistic

Russia will surpass U.S. nuclear capabilities within two decades if trends continue. America’s strategic force is a cold-war relic, and while Washington’s weapons break down, Moscow is making bombers and missiles that are newer and deadlier.

Commentary

Hagel's Three Questions

The secretary of defense devised an excellent framework, but will the rest of the administration bite?

A Cyber-Survivable Military

Making U.S. forces resilient against a cyber first strike would lead to more effective deterrence.

The Defense-Research Culture Clash

The Pentagon's academic spending often causes tension over information security.

Blogs

What Sequestration Might Mean for San Diego (and Other Places)

Cuts won't devastate the economy. Even defense-heavy localities can adapt to lower levels of defense spending.

The National Defense Authorization Gesture

Why the defense-authorization bill is more about keeping up Congress's tough-guy image and less about setting limits and standards for national defense.

U.S. Grand Strategy and the Debt Crisis

Fewer troops + less money + more missions = a hollow force. It simply isn’t realistic to expect a single country to underwrite the security of the entire planet.

Books & Reviews

Passions of Pope Victor

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

Of Democracy & Dinero

Latin America’s post-independence history has been a bumpy ride. Things are getting better thanks to solid growth of late, but inequality threatens to bring the whole thing down.

How to Fight Terrorism

Radical Islam is its own worst enemy. It will marginalize itself unless the United States overreacts.

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May 23, 2013