Who Could Have Imagined That President Obama Would Double-Down on Some of Bush’s Policies?
At least he doesn’t enjoy taking out terrorists like Bush did.
Afghanistan: Is It Really the End Game?
There is no reason to continue the bloodshed in Afghanistan, which all the parties recognize will not alter the final outcome a whit.
The New Politics of Inherited Advantage
In a tough economy with dwindling social supports, children of privilege have a bigger head start than ever.
Is the Drone Program Contracting — or Expanding?
To President Obama, drones are the answer to his foreign-policy prayers.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (5/24)
From mission creep to missileers asleep at the wheel.
The City and the City
Central Europe has become an Apartheid region where Roma and non-Roma inhabit increasingly separate and decidedly unequal worlds.
Take Syria Seriously–And Stay Out
Why start another body count in a Middle East conflict with no direct relationship to U.S. security?
Yugoslavia: When a Country Actually Is Wiped Off the Map
For many the decomposition of Yugoslavia into its constituent republics in the early 1990s was anything but smooth.
Too Soon to Tell
Hope and history are sisters: one looks forward and one looks back, and they make the world spacious enough to move through freely.
This Week in OtherWords: May 22, 2013
Martha Burk weighs in on the military’s lackluster efforts to stop sexual assaults within the ranks.
Money Still Can’t Buy Happiness
And we finally have a nation that’s taking that reality to heart.
Syria: The Threats, the Claims, the Costs, the Lives
What the civil war in Syria and the Arab Spring have exposed is that the massive political and social transformation and real regime change underway is led by the people themselves, largely without military force and certainly with no role for the United States. U.S. military involvement serves only to escalate the destruction.
Will the Jordanian Parliament Expel the Israeli Ambassador from Amman?
A resolution to that end may be just sound and fury.
The Hashimoto Controversy and Japan’s Failure to Come to Terms with its Past
The rise of Japan’s reactionary right suggests that the country has yet to come to terms with its actions in World War II.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (5/22)
From austerity to Al Nusra.