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NATO Summit Will Reaffirm Afghanistan’s Weakness

Malou Innocent | May 18, 2012

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.

Why Should America Pay for Europe's Missile Defense?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Mar 27, 2012
A bolder president would abandon the bogus missile-defense effort and expose the fearmongering behind it.

Massacre in Panjwai

Paul R. Pillar | Mar 11, 2012
Sunday's shooting is the latest in a series of incidents that have made the Western military presence progressively less welcome in Afghanistan. Washington must press ahead with military disengagement.

Apologies and Misperceived Intentions

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.

Regime Change, Humanitarianism and Syria

Paul R. Pillar | Feb 05, 2012
Muddied thinking on Syria is leading the United States toward dangerous conclusions.

The Right Direction on Afghanistan

Paul R. Pillar | Feb 02, 2012
Redefining objectives in Afghanistan is not enough. Policy makers must reconsider what U.S. interests are at stake there.

Libya's Deep Tribalism

Ted Galen Carpenter | Jan 25, 2012
Are we seeing the early signs of a Libyan Civil War? Washington should keep its distance.

Administration Bait and Switch in Afghanistan?

Doug Bandow | Dec 15, 2011
U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan in 2014. Or will they?

What Arabs Really Think

Paul R. Pillar | Nov 28, 2011
The latest Arab opinion poll shows mature, thoughtful separation of beliefs from sentiments. That is more than can be said of American discussion of the Middle East.

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