And Now, Battles with Hardly Any Rules
Defense secretary Leon Panetta recently announced a new Pentagon strategy: fewer troops, and a 30 percent increase in the US fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), such as Predator drones.
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India’s Strategic Importance to the US
We have grown accustomed to think of foreign policy as a series of unending crises in this complex time.
Rethinking Religion and World Affairs
In recent years, the role of religion in the study and conduct of international affairs has become increasingly important.
Work With China, Don’t Contain It
Citing an escalating dispute over islands in the East China Sea, The Economist warned last week that “China and Japan are sliding toward war.” That assessment may be too alarmist, but the tensions hav
What to Do About Iran
What to do about an increasingly truculent and threatening Iran is now the most important foreign policy challenge of 2012. Republican presidential candidates are all over the strategic map.
Why China Is Weak on Soft Power
China’s president, Hu Jintao, greeted 2012 with an important essay warning that China was being battered by Western culture: “We must clearly see that international hostile forces are intensifying the
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
Written with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in V
Why Religion, Why Now?
Reducing Nuclear Dangers
Ron Rosenbaum wants us to be worried.
Christmas Gift to America 20 years ago – a Russia to be Thankful For
In a Christmas gift on Dec. 25, 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed. The “evil empire,” as Ronald Reagan rightly called it, was erased from the map.
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