SecurityA Veteran Considers America's Moral Failure In Afghanistan — And His Own CulpabilityFormer U.S. Navy officer Andrew Carleen considers America's hasty departure from Afghanistan -- what he calls, "a betrayal of biblical proportions."Aug 17, 2021Gender Equality As A National Security PolicyNational security is a field that has long been dominated by men. There's an effort underway to change that, writes Rich Barlow. Jul 29, 2019Advertisement The Walls Are Closing In — Around TrumpThe speech the president read off a teleprompter did nothing to bolster the case that there is a security crisis at the border. If anything, writes Steve Almond, it merely...Jan 9, 2019We're All Responsible For The Appointment Of John BoltonHow is this disgraced Iraq war architect still working in U.S. politics? How did we get here? asks Miles Howard. Mar 23, 2018A Path Forward In The North Korea CrisisLong-term deterrence might be our best hope, writes Rich Barlow. Oct 11, 2017On Afghanistan, Trump Should Have Gone With His GutIf we couldn’t win with 100,000 troops under President Obama, asks Rich Barlow, how will just one-fifth as many prevail?Aug 29, 2017The Week That Was: Fallout From Charlottesville, Boston Braces For Its Own 'Free Speech' Rally And MoreIt was the week when a protest in Virginia made us forget about North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. All that and more from Tom Keane’s weekly news roundup.Aug 18, 2017What Trump’s Ban On Transgender Troops Really MeansThe effects of the president's ban could be far more pernicious for the security and stability of democracy in the United States than is immediately clear, writes Andrew Carleen.Jul 27, 2017The Way Forward In IraqIraq has the potential to become a model of integration of different Muslim sects, religions and ethnicities, writes Susan E. Reed. Jul 21, 2017Has Terrorism Changed Us?The fear of another attack is something that has become embedded in our collective consciousness, writes Justin Sinclair, whether we realize it or not.Jun 20, 2017Syria: What Are We Going To Do Now?Aleppo’s fall doesn’t mean that Syria’s civil war is over.Dec 20, 2016Donald Trump And The Future Of 'Post-Truth' AmericaIn a post-truth world, feelings are fact, writes Tim Snyder. Dec 16, 2016What The Candidates Didn't Say About Nuclear WeaponsCan the U.S. prune our bloated military spending and still protect against serious threats?Oct 11, 201615 Years Later And Wondering: Is Getting Used To Terrorism A Good Thing?After 9/11, two years and 23 suicide attacks in Israel left author Alison Murphy inured to the frequency of terror strikes. Now she wonders, can she get unused to them?Sep 9, 2016On Foreign Policy: Even With A Teleprompter, Trump Gets It WrongDonald Trump's foreign policy speech last week was more coherent than his earlier pronouncements on the topic, writes William Keylor. But other parts of the address were replete with exaggerations...Aug 25, 2016Trump's Credo: The Only Thing Is Fear ItselfAs the nominee’s speech made clear, the Republicans have become a party of terror, not of ideas.Jul 22, 2016Behind the Facade: Donald Trump And The Art Of The RealHis former ghostwriter describes Trump as a man constitutionally incapable of logic, moral reasoning or self-reflection.Jul 19, 2016The Case Against Naming Terror Suspects, Mass ShootersToo often, the press provides the inspiration for mass murder simply by delivering the news.Jul 15, 2016When Breaking News Breaks Your Spirit, Is It OK To Tune Out?I am saturated. I am traumatized. I can’t watch anymore. At least not for a while. And I still care.Jul 15, 2016The Most Important Moment For Civil Rights This Century Is Upon UsOne day we look back on this time and measure our government’s response to the chaos.Jul 11, 2016Next Page
A Veteran Considers America's Moral Failure In Afghanistan — And His Own CulpabilityFormer U.S. Navy officer Andrew Carleen considers America's hasty departure from Afghanistan -- what he calls, "a betrayal of biblical proportions."Aug 17, 2021
Gender Equality As A National Security PolicyNational security is a field that has long been dominated by men. There's an effort underway to change that, writes Rich Barlow. Jul 29, 2019
The Walls Are Closing In — Around TrumpThe speech the president read off a teleprompter did nothing to bolster the case that there is a security crisis at the border. If anything, writes Steve Almond, it merely...Jan 9, 2019
We're All Responsible For The Appointment Of John BoltonHow is this disgraced Iraq war architect still working in U.S. politics? How did we get here? asks Miles Howard. Mar 23, 2018
A Path Forward In The North Korea CrisisLong-term deterrence might be our best hope, writes Rich Barlow. Oct 11, 2017
On Afghanistan, Trump Should Have Gone With His GutIf we couldn’t win with 100,000 troops under President Obama, asks Rich Barlow, how will just one-fifth as many prevail?Aug 29, 2017
The Week That Was: Fallout From Charlottesville, Boston Braces For Its Own 'Free Speech' Rally And MoreIt was the week when a protest in Virginia made us forget about North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. All that and more from Tom Keane’s weekly news roundup.Aug 18, 2017
What Trump’s Ban On Transgender Troops Really MeansThe effects of the president's ban could be far more pernicious for the security and stability of democracy in the United States than is immediately clear, writes Andrew Carleen.Jul 27, 2017
The Way Forward In IraqIraq has the potential to become a model of integration of different Muslim sects, religions and ethnicities, writes Susan E. Reed. Jul 21, 2017
Has Terrorism Changed Us?The fear of another attack is something that has become embedded in our collective consciousness, writes Justin Sinclair, whether we realize it or not.Jun 20, 2017
Syria: What Are We Going To Do Now?Aleppo’s fall doesn’t mean that Syria’s civil war is over.Dec 20, 2016
Donald Trump And The Future Of 'Post-Truth' AmericaIn a post-truth world, feelings are fact, writes Tim Snyder. Dec 16, 2016
What The Candidates Didn't Say About Nuclear WeaponsCan the U.S. prune our bloated military spending and still protect against serious threats?Oct 11, 2016
15 Years Later And Wondering: Is Getting Used To Terrorism A Good Thing?After 9/11, two years and 23 suicide attacks in Israel left author Alison Murphy inured to the frequency of terror strikes. Now she wonders, can she get unused to them?Sep 9, 2016
On Foreign Policy: Even With A Teleprompter, Trump Gets It WrongDonald Trump's foreign policy speech last week was more coherent than his earlier pronouncements on the topic, writes William Keylor. But other parts of the address were replete with exaggerations...Aug 25, 2016
Trump's Credo: The Only Thing Is Fear ItselfAs the nominee’s speech made clear, the Republicans have become a party of terror, not of ideas.Jul 22, 2016
Behind the Facade: Donald Trump And The Art Of The RealHis former ghostwriter describes Trump as a man constitutionally incapable of logic, moral reasoning or self-reflection.Jul 19, 2016
The Case Against Naming Terror Suspects, Mass ShootersToo often, the press provides the inspiration for mass murder simply by delivering the news.Jul 15, 2016
When Breaking News Breaks Your Spirit, Is It OK To Tune Out?I am saturated. I am traumatized. I can’t watch anymore. At least not for a while. And I still care.Jul 15, 2016
The Most Important Moment For Civil Rights This Century Is Upon UsOne day we look back on this time and measure our government’s response to the chaos.Jul 11, 2016
