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Commentary

We're All Leninists Now

Ted Galen Carpenter | Jun 24, 2011
An America in which torture becomes an acceptable, even normal, practice is not the America I know. It is not an America that I would want to know.

What Iranians Really Think

Abbas Milani | Jan 04, 2011
Recent polling and erstwhile supporters' criticism claiming that Iran's opposition movement has been tamed is based on some very flimsy evidence.

Pelosi's Pirouettes

Ximena Ortiz | May 21, 2009
Nancy Pelosi’s flip-flopping votes on the Iraq War and wishy-washy statements on torture are indicative of the supine stance Congress took during the Bush administration.
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Essays

Imperial by Design

John J. Mearsheimer | Dec 16, 2010
Like his two most recent predecessors, President Obama is embarking on a disastrous foreign policy bent on global domination.

Blogs

Regime Change, Humanitarianism and Syria

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

Broadening Horizons on Counterterrorism

Paul R. Pillar | Aug 25, 2011

The Fragile Civil Order

Paul R. Pillar | Jun 17, 2011
The distance between a hockey riot in Vancouver and a genocide in Rwanda is much smaller than you think.
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