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War on Terrorism

Rethinking the Pakistan Plan

U.S.-Pakistani relations are in crisis. Strategic fear of India prevents Pakistan from bending to U.S. demands. Easing India-Pakistan tensions could change the dynamics of the U.S.-Pakistan alliance.

Dockets of War

WikiLeaks. Guantánamo Bay. Public-pressure campaigns by angry NGOs. No flavor of lawfare can stand contest against America’s unmatched global power.

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.

American Jihad

Al-Qaeda has accomplished the unthinkable: establishing an embryonic recruitment, radicalization and operational capacity on our shores. Our current strategy risks another 9/11.

The Three Faces of NATO

One must wonder why, with the end of the cold war, NATO did not dissolve. How do we explain the organization's transformation and vitality at the end of the twentieth century?

Afghan Awakening

Can Kabul be saved? More troops are on the way, but a one-size-fits-all surge is not enough. We also need to change our tactics.

Commentary

How Drones Changed the Game in Pakistan

Washington's most powerful weapon has given it a strong bargaining position from which to find a political solution.

Withdrawal, Not Defeat

America won the Cold War after withdrawing from Vietnam. Could it win the war on terror after leaving Iraq and Afghanistan?

In Defense of Drones

If fight we must, drones are the best tool du jour, bar none.

Blogs

A Vicious Cycle of Intervention in Somalia

America has been trying and failing to transform the country for over twenty years.

The Militarized American State of Mind

He may be willing to use force when necessary, his latest waiver proves Obama is no war president.

Two Separate and Different Wars

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

Books & Reviews

An American Monarch

Obama’s attack on the Supreme Court is just the latest in a long history of presidential power grabs. Gordon Wood dissects John Yoo.

League of Demagoguery

We live in a world where the failures of a botched freedom agenda are everpresent. Yet no one in the foreign-policy establishment of either party seems to understand the changing realities of international affairs—or articulate coherent policy alt

I Say NATO, You Say No NATO

Will France call the whole thing off?

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May 23, 2013