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Editor's Blog After Iraq: What will history say?
As the last US forces leave, we see the eight-year intervention in Iraq only as a sketchy outline. WIth time, a clearer picture will emerge -- and a softer memory may descend.
12/10/2011 12:45 pm -
Opinion Osama bin Laden is gone, but US war in the Middle East is here to stay
Osama bin Laden's death does not mark a turning point in the 'war on terror' – because this is really the 'war for the American way of life,' which depends on access to foreign oil.
05/02/2011 02:51 pm -
Obama on Libya: The dawn of a foreign policy doctrine?
Libya may have been less a precedent than a case study in the president's blend of pragmatism and idealism.
04/04/2011 01:47 pm -
North Korea and Iran: How the two states test US diplomacy
North Korea is seen as an unpredictable 'spoiled child.' Iran is seen as a rational but aggressive nation. Each have nuclear programs, but pose unique problems for US security.
12/12/2010 11:15 am -
Is the war in Afghanistan still worth fighting?
As the war in Afghanistan begins its tenth year, the American public – and even the Obama administration – seems divided about America's purpose there.
10/13/2010 04:18 pm -
Bestelling books the week of 8/19/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
08/18/2010 05:21 pm -
Bestselling books the week of 8/12/10, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
08/13/2010 05:05 am -
General McChrystal: Rolling Stone story a sign of frustration?
The remarks by General McChrystal in Rolling Stone magazine reflect mounting frustration all around with an Afghanistan war effort seemingly in growing disarray – although that doesn’t excuse the conduct, experts say.
06/22/2010 06:10 pm -
Iraq and Afghanistan: America's invisible wars
After seven years in Iraq and nine in Afghanistan, residents of York, Pa., talk about how the wars have become like a screen saver: always there but rarely acknowledged.
03/20/2010 11:05 am -
Obama at one year: new realism in foreign policy
Less ideological than Bush, Barack Obama pursues a more traditional approach to foreign affairs, marked by a narrower definition of US interests.
01/14/2010 01:13 pm -
More troops in Afghanistan? Naysayers gain clout with Obama
Obama faces pressure to choose an Afghanistan plan that doesn't call for huge commitment of troops.
10/09/2009 01:00 am -
Is US strategy in Afghanistan working?
The debate over sending more US troops frames a larger clash over counterinsurgency strategy as the new template for war.
10/04/2009 01:00 am -
Big week for Obama on world stage. How did he do?
Obama can claim some advances, including a toughened international stance toward Iran. But the president also endured a setback on Middle East peace.
09/26/2009 01:00 am -
For Europe, Obama revives positive image of America's unique identity
US exceptionalism had largely been seen here as a messianic rationale for use of power by a nation assuming special prerogatives.
11/17/2008 12:00 am -
The Limits of Power
11/01/2008 01:00 am -
Letters to the Editor
Readers write about Russia's invasion of Georgia and residency laws against sex offenders.
09/04/2008 01:00 am -
Is the Republican Party in peril?
Conservative thinkers and political historians think the GOP could be at the end of its historic 40-year grasp on power.
08/30/2008 01:00 am -
Opinion Russia's payback
NATO disrespected Russia for too long. Now the Alliance must regroup.
08/15/2008 01:00 am -
Stresses still high on U.S. military
Bush announced Thursday that Army tours will be cut to 12 months.
04/11/2008 01:00 am -
Election '08: For candidates, Iraq debate shifts
The question used to be 'withdraw or not'? But now, some progress in Iraq is prompting a more nuanced discussion.
02/25/2008 12:00 am
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