Deep breaths: Article 5 will never be a flip switch for war
After yesterday’s NATO crisis that wasn’t, it’s clear we need to get a grip on what the alliance’s obligations are — and what they aren’t.
After yesterday’s NATO crisis that wasn’t, it’s clear we need to get a grip on what the alliance’s obligations are — and what they aren’t.
Whether it’s Ethiopia, Belarus, or Nicaragua, economic warfare rarely works and often winds up being counterproductive.
Cities are falling to the Taliban at a rapid pace, but the conditions for failure were set long before the US troop withdrawal this summer.
Keeping US troops there beyond the May 1 deadline won’t do anything to help intra-Afghan peace talks.