Blog Posts

NATO: An Alliance Past Its Prime

Doug Bandow | Apr 26, 2012

It's time for the United States to set down the burden of defending Europe.

Malou Innocent | Apr 18, 2012

Bloody insurgent attacks. Grisly and embarrasing American mistakes. Washington is reliving the same story over and over again.

Malou Innocent | Mar 21, 2012

Claims of "real" and "sustainable" progress no longer ring true. It's time to rethink the war.

Malou Innocent | Mar 13, 2012

Even after Sunday's tragic shooting, Washington seems committed to staying in Afghanistan unitl 2014. It's going to be a long two years.

Joshua Rovner | Mar 12, 2012

State building is a nasty business. Those who think it's all about winning hearts and minds overlook the messy truth.

Malou Innocent | Feb 27, 2012

No more American or Afghan lives should be lost in pursuit of a strategy that is not in America’s national interest.

Paul R. Pillar | Feb 26, 2012

Obama's apology for the burning of Korans in Afghanistan sticks in the throat. But good statesmanship often does.

Jacob Heilbrunn | Feb 24, 2012

Gingrich's bluster encapsulates just about that has gone awry with Republican foreign policy.

Paul R. Pillar | Feb 23, 2012

Conflating lessons from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq leads one to dangerously inaccurate conclusions.

Malou Innocent | Feb 08, 2012

Rosy reports of progress are wrong. The only successful occupation in Afghanistan is that of the Taliban.