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North Korea Is Building More Nuclear Weapons and Missiles (Don't Be Shocked)

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5 Times America Used Military Force (And It Backfired)

When Deterrence Failed: Why Saddam Hussein Invaded Kuwait

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Here's How Mitt Romney Could Win in 2020

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How World War I Shaped America

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Is a U.S.-China Clash Over Taiwan Inevitable?

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The New U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Brings Along the Same Stale Ideas

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and U.S President Donald Trump deliver statements to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S. May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Time for President Donald Trump to Bury the U.S.-Turkey Alliance

Supporters of opposition party VMRO-DPMNE take part in a protest over compromise solution in Macedonia's dispute with Greece over the country's name in Skopje, Macedonia, June 2, 2018. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

How Macedonia Could Push NATO into a War

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The U.S. Military's Biggest Problem Isn't Russia or China

Is the U.S. Prepping to Airstrike Iran?

A Marine Corps pilot prepares for a vertical landing of Lockheed Martin F-35B stealth fighter aboard the USS Wasp (LHD 1) amphibious assault carrier during their operation in the waters off Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa March 23, 2018. REUTERS/Is

Why America Should Pull Out of Okinawa

A bank employee counts U.S. hundred dollar bills at Kasikornbank in Bangkok October 12, 2010. The Thai government agreed on Tuesday to impose a 15 percent withholding tax on interest and capital gains earned by foreign investors on Thai bonds, the latest

America is Addicted to Sanctions

US soldiers walk next to M1 Abrams tanks at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, February 14, 2017. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea/via

Throwing More Money at the Pentagon Doesn’t Make America Safer

Tourists are seen with the Sugarloaf Mountain in the background in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June 21, 2018. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Are Americans Travelling Abroad a Foreign Policy Liability?

A US Army 3rd Infantry M1A1 Abrams tank with "Baghdad's nightmare" written on its cannon passes Infantry troops relaxing near the Euphrates river as hundreds of armored vehicles push towards the outskirts of Baghdad early April 6, 2003. More and more US f

Polls Show Millennials Are More Skeptical of Foreign Wars