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Barack and Michelle Obama
Washington Politics

Obama has a lot to say about everything but his foreign policy

The 44th president has yet to publish his second volume of memoirs, which could shed light on his questionable decisions relating to Afghanistan, Syria, and more

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Global Crises

The forgotten fugitives of US forever wars

It's great when Washington can end the conflicts it starts, but on this World Refugee Day let's recall that the ensuing crises they cause are not so easily controlled

Libya's warlord is tightening his grip, with a US imprimatur
Africa

Libya's warlord is tightening his grip, with a US imprimatur

The one-time CIA asset's son sat next to an American general at this year's Flintlock exercises in Sirte

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Middle East

Set it off: How US invasion of Iraq led to chaos in Syria today

Washington torched the region and watched it burn through regime changes, Arab Spring, civil wars, and the regeneration of terror groups

Strike warfare: An American fetish and a global scourge
Military Industrial Complex

Strike warfare: An American fetish and a global scourge

A common thread through recent history is that 'hellfire from above' doesn't really work

The Gaza war is the final nail in the coffin of R2P
Global Crises

The Gaza war is the final nail in the coffin of R2P

The doctrine was always a la carte, evident in the silence of the most strident humanitarian interventionists today