Washington Politics
All aboard America's strategic blunder train. Next stop: Iran
Our stumbling into war with Tehran would be the latest in a self-inflicted 30-year road to nowhere
February 22, 2026
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Washington Politics
Cheney, architect of endless war, helped kill our faith in leaders
George W. Bush's vice president, who died today, was probably the most powerful veep in history, but at America's expense
November 04, 2025
Washington Politics
It's over: Biden is last gasp of failed post-Cold War internationalism
Whether with neoliberalism or neoconservatism, the last four presidents helped to squander the peace. And now a new era begins.
January 17, 2025
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At Abu Ghraib, torture 'in the eye of the beholder'
20 years since the Iraq War prison scandal, victims are still in court and Washington still trying to forget
April 30, 2024
Europe
Symposium: From Iraq to Ukraine, has the media learned its lesson?
For the 19th anniversary of the Baghdad invasion, over a dozen journalists and critics compare coverage then, and today.
March 17, 2022
Asia-Pacific
Don't throw the baby out with the orange-tinted bathwater
George W. Bush, the architect of our 9/11 wars, is trying to tell us how to think and feel about the Afghanistan withdrawal.
August 10, 2021
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