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The Philippines "Mutual" Defense Treaty Isn't Really Mutual at All

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North Korea: What Happens if Diplomacy Fails?

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Shocker: North Korea Is Building More Nuclear Weapons (3 Reasons To Look Past the Headlines)

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Has the State Department Been Stripped of Its Swagger?

Is Turkey Capable of Defeating ISIS in Syria?

House Democrats Should Cut Trump Some Slack on North Korea Policy

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2019: 5 Places America Should Avoid Going to War

This Is the Big Moment for John Bolton

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The One Reason America Can't Police the World Anymore: Washington Is Broke

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Why Donald Trump Needs a Realist Secretary of Defense

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The Dangers of Military Mission Creep in Syria

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Why Trump Is Right to Withdraw Troops

A Coalition convoy of U.S. led international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stops to test fire their M2 machine guns and MK19 grenade launcher in the Middle Euphrates River Valley in the Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, Nove

Staying in Syria No Longer Makes Sense

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3 Ways to Change Yemen

It's Time to End U.S. Support for the Saudi War on Yemen

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Two Ways America Can Prepare for—and Prevent—the Next War