As the June 30 deadline for the conclusion of talks on Iran's nuclear program looms, the main foreign policy issue of our time comes ever more sharply into focus. And by that I don't just mean the immediate question of whether a deal can be reached, but also the...
NATO is planning to return to Iraq by training officers to help in the war with the Islamic State militants. All 28 NATO state are separately involved in the effort to some degree. The International Organization for Migration reported that the Islamic State crisis has...
Although the 2016 election is a year-and-a-half away, the verdict is already in on the continuation of post-World War II interventionism as the policy of choice. After the hysteria in the media induced by ISIS's beheading of a few Americans in retaliation for U.S....
Whenever a government steeped in blood faces domestic resistance to its intention to wade in even deeper, it can always count on court intellectuals to weave ingenious “humanitarian” justifications for its wars. In many cases the message will be made even more...
"U.S. Poised to Put Heavy Weaponry in East Europe: A Message to Russia," ran the headline in The New York Times. "In a significant move to deter possible Russian aggression in Europe, the Pentagon is poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting...
The prevailing discourse on defense and national security affairs in this country is, and long has been, dominated by the bean counters among us. They are the ones who think and talk almost exclusively in terms of budgets, programs, and weapon systems; who speak in...
"I am the least popular guy in Washington." Thus spoke Rand Paul at a stopover rally in Massachusetts on his way to New Hampshire on June 7. Who can doubt that claim after the events of the last few weeks. When you have Barack Obama, John McCain, Harry...
The recent attack on a predominantly African-American church by a murderous racist has provoked a passionate debate about who is – and is not – a "terrorist." According to FBI director James Comey, the perpetrator of the Charleston massacre – in which nine people were...
Intense shelling is driving residents out of Garma. The military is peppering the city just east of Baghdad as a precursor to freeing it from militant control. At least 51 were killed and 13 more were wounded in violence: A bomb in Mahmoudiya left three dead and nine...
