I blew the whistle on my government after 9/11 but fear it did not matter
The first American charged under the Espionage Act after the attacks asks whether empire has permanently replaced the republic.
The first American charged under the Espionage Act after the attacks asks whether empire has permanently replaced the republic.
The current race to replace Angela Merkel will likely result in an entirely new government, and a chance for more autonomy in defense.
Time is wasting, and as Tehran delays, it continues to accumulate enriched uranium and operate advanced centrifuges.
If anything, bureaucratic and physical distance increased between agencies and lines became blurrier.
Iran and the Taliban have mutual interests that will favor cooperation despite their long-standing rivalry.
The two Koreas cannot by themselves stop the climate crisis, but they can establish a model that the rest of the world can follow.
While a country grieved, a surveillance state bloomed and began eating away at our basic Constitutional liberties.
Gulf states are likely to discover that they are stuck with a less committed United States. That reality will push them toward greater self-reliance.
Humanitarian assistance cannot depend on whether the insurgent group forms a government or what it looks like.
By 2049, the United States and China may be far too preoccupied with climate disaster to focus on conflict with each other.
The US media’s coverage of the withdrawal focused on drama at the expense of the more important bigger picture.
Weather-related disasters keep telling us that climate change is our biggest threat but Washington keeps insisting we focus on China.
But it was a trap laid by Osama bin Laden that only Washington could spring. And it did.
The apparent move came after a viral tweet calling attention to its relationship with the military industrial complex.
For President Bush, the only option was revenge, but an alternative path was available.
A $23.9 billion addition to the NDAA would have a greater longterm impact than Congress wants to acknowledge.
One can only surmise that a combination of saber rattling and fear mongering over China has truly had an effect.
President Biden let the Trump-era rule continue, which blocks people-to-people contact and humanitarian assistance.
The Taliban’s security problems are likely to be domestic and regional rather than hail from transnational jihadist groups.
The US military role in Afghanistan is over, but the costs will continue to mount as the forever wars rage on.
Tehran has a long history with the Pashtuns across the border so their optimism is a bit tempered these days.