How is the U.S.-Pakistan relationship reminiscent of that between Democrats and Republicans?
Why America Is Like Imperial Spain (Part II)
What lessons can Imperial Spain's travails in the Netherlands teach the United States about Afghanistan?
Why America Is Like Imperial Spain (Part I)
When it comes to the United States’ Afghan foray, why is it instructive to recall Don Quixote's futile quest?
The Top Headlines of 2010
How did the world’s major events in 2010 look to the headline writers?
“Defeating the Taliban”: Naïveté and the American Empire
While modern “Rome” is burning, why do U.S. foreign policy elites keep meddling in overseas adventures?
Opium-Addicted Children: Paying a Heavy Price for the Afghan War
How can years of war doom generations of children to a miserable life?
Drones: Backfiring on U.S. Strategy
Do drone attacks violate international humanitarian law?
Bin Laden and Mullah Omar: No Brothers in Arms
Would the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan really mean the next coming of al Qaeda?
Why Afghanistan Is Lost
Will 30,000 additional U.S. troops help President Obama turn the tide in Afghanistan?
Afghanistan, Vietnam and Realism
Is President Obama’s best bet in Afghanistan to make deals with the country’s principal tribal chiefs?























