When President Obama declared that we should try diplomacy with Iran before war, it was fascinating, and a little disconcerting, to watch…
It need not take one US soldier to attack and kill 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, to remind us that war is horrible. The…
Applause is in order. The Kabuki theater is over. Last week’s annual meeting of the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC,…
US president Barack Obama today welcomes arguably his least favourite foreign leader to the White House. Israeli prime minister Benjamin…
With little fanfare, the Obama administration is adopting a new approach to foreign policy. More than a decade after 9/11, President Obama…
One of the refreshing aspects of Christopher Layne’s work over the years has been his willingness to challenge conventional wisdom. But now…
Last night, the White House hosted a formal dinner in honor of Iraq veterans, inviting 200 soldiers and their spouses from all 50 states.…
At the first nuclear security summit in April 2010, the assembled leaders agreed on the goal of securing all vulnerable nuclear material…
On the eve of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, a new study finds that an international initiative to secure all…
There are many ways for war to end: a decisive win, a painful defeat, a slog toward a tenuous political transfer, or even a “surge’’ in the…