The End of Pax Americana?
Debate on Haqqani: Military or Political Solution?
Dissension over Adm. Mike Mullen's accusation that the Haqqani network of Afghan insurgents is a "veritable arm" of Pakistan's intelligence agency and the revelation that a U.S. official met with a Haqqani official have provided new evidence of a...
Dozens of Casualties in Baghdad Bomb Attacks
Although few attacks were reported today, a pair of bombings in Baghdad left dozens of casualties. At least eight Iraqis were killed in them and in an assassination in Yathrib. Another 35 Iraqis were wounded.
read moreObama Waives Aid Curbs on Militaries Using Child Soldiers
For the second year in a row, U.S. President Barack Obama has waived a congressionally mandated ban on military aid for four countries that use child soldiers. The four countries that will continue to receive military assistance despite the use of child soldiers in...
What 2016 Might Look Like
Many traditional conservatives, libertarians, and progressives who are no longer mesmerized by the Obama persona are beginning to realize that the 2012 elections might be the last chance to right the ship of state. Either we Americans can continue down a fear-driven...
Iranian Pilgrims Among Latest Casualties in Iraq
At least seven Iraqis were killed and 39 more were wounded in violence across the country. Five Iranian pilgrims were also wounded during one attack. Also, Turkey’s parliament voted to continue bombing suspected Kurdish rebel camps in northern Iraq.
read moreAnwar al-Awlaki and American Exceptionalism
When US special forces took aim at Anwar al-Awlaki, and pulled the trigger, they ruptured the very foundations of our political system – and paved the way for its future collapse. The skeptical reader is bound to ask: Really? Can it be true that the – no...
The Government’s Illusory Terrorist Threat
Now that the big kahuna — Osama bin Laden — has been killed, the “War on Terror” is much less exciting. Even before Osama’s demise, experts sent chills through the massive post-9/11 U.S. government anti-terrorism bureaucracies by concluding that the threat from...
The End of America’s Pacific Century
Usually it’s the giant stories that catch your eye. The wars, the uproars, the Arab Spring — the things you can’t miss. But every now and then, news stories about easily overlooked subjects somehow manage to shine the strongest light on a changing world. The Cohn...
