The Real Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban missile crisis was started by imperial jockeying and resolved by genuine diplomacy.
Rebalancing Our National Security: The Benefits of Implementing a Unified Security Budget
A team of experts recommend ways to rebalance our national security budget.
How to Make our Embassies Safer
Paul Ryan’s spending plans call for slashing the money the State Department can use to protect diplomats.
The Next Administration’s Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges
The next administration’s top short-term challenge will undoubtedly be to end U.S. involvement in combat operations in Afghanistan.
Isolation on Both Ends of the Line
In a complete distortion of free-market economics, the phone companies that secure contracts with prisons are often the ones that charge more than their competitors.
A Nuclear Strike on States’ Rights
Vermont’s Yankee reactor would have closed this year had a power company kept a decade-old promise.
The Dead-End Servant Economy
We’re going down the road toward becoming a nation of servants.
Politics Creep to a New Low
Both presidential campaigns are going overboard with their snooping into voters’ lives.
Dining with Mahmoud
That night, he left out his signature anti-Semitic rhetoric.
The Horses and Bayonets Strategy
Forget enriched uranium.
Who Lost the World?
Romney’s handling of the Benghazi episode capitalizes on a foundational myth of U.S. politics: that the world is America’s to lose.
How to Stop Scaring Ourselves to Death
How about investing in an energy future that will not bring real terror to millions around the world?
Why Chavez Won Again
Life has improved for a great number of Venezuelans over the last decade.
Postcard from Kiribati
Mortally threatened by climate change, Kiribati’s future will be determined by one airport runway.
Drones: Whatever Became of U.S. Respect for International Norms Prohibiting Assassinations?
How effortlessly drones have insinuated themselves into our national narrative.