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Regime Change, Humanitarianism and Syria

Muddied thinking on Syria is leading the United States toward dangerous conclusions.

The Fragile Civil Order

The distance between a hockey riot in Vancouver and a genocide in Rwanda is much smaller than you think.

The Forgotten History of the U.S. and Bin Ladin

Osama bin Laden could have been captured in 1998. Blame the American public for the twenty-one year delay.

He's Baaack: George W. Bush as Freddy Krueger

Just how bad was George W. Bush's presidency? Oh, let us count the ways. His is not a legacy which can be rehabilitated.

In Search of a Defensible Detention Policy

The problem of dealing with terrorist detainees keeps getting murkier and muddier. Ideas, anyone?

The Obama-Bush Administration

Further evidence that President Obama is borrowing from George W. Bush when it comes to fighting terrorism.

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May 26, 2012