The Surprising National Security Role of America’s “Best Idea”
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s former bodyguard, who once reportedly confronted a bear at a mountain retreat while Putin slept through the ordeal, was appointed secretary of the...
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The fall of the Golden Arch Theory
Enriching tyrants doesn’t prevent wars after all
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What Red Line Tells Us About Syria’s Chemical Weapons
Book review: Joby Warrick’s book brings to life the history and reaction to Syria’s chemical weapons program and the difficulty in eliminating it.
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Badness personified
Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead. The terror network he created lives on.
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Tens of Thousands of Syrian Rebels Poised to Regroup
Al Qaeda’s role in the Syrian civil war drastically increased after the al Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) managed to take control of Syria&rsqu...
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Analysis: Are EU Labels On Settlement Products Triggering Anti-Semitism?
Nearly a month after the European Union imposed special sanctions on Israeli products from disputed territories, there is a growing sense that the penalty is a shot in the arm for hardcore anti-I...
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No Fun in the Caliphate. Just the End of the World
It’s a tyrannical theocracy, crucifixions and decapitations are routine, women are shrouded and intimidated, the grim religious police are all over the place. It’s your Islamic...
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A Job Americans Don’t Want To Do?
Barack Obama has been taking a lot of heat for acknowledging he doesn’t “have a strategy yet” for dealing with the jihadis butchering Iraqis, Syrians, Christians, Kurds and Yazi...
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Obama’s Syria Debacle
Secretary of State John Kerry helped to jump-start the Geneva II international conference to end the civil...
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The Iranian Rapprochement Fantasy
‘Any agreement that does not recognize the rights of the Iranian people and does not respect these rights, has no chance,” Mohammad Javad Zarif said last week. The Iranian fo...
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A Covert Story
There is probably no harder beat in Washington than intelligence. Journalists rarely have sources inside the Central Intelligence Agency who are not authorized, and when they do, o...
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Obama’s New World Order: Power to Our Enemies, Death to Our Friends & a Fish in the President’s Face
The anti-Morsi, anti-Muslim Brotherhood, and therefore anti-Obama demonstrations in Egypt are the biggest in human history. It’s quite something, an historic event. Whatever the...
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Saudis Hiring Top Names in American Research
Two wealthy new Saudi research institutions focused on the kingdom's energy future are on a hiring spree in the United States, luring away the president of Cal Tech and signing up advisors t...
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Saving Souls, the Amazing Musicorps
This is the latest video about Musicorps, a program that gives (often very severely) wounded combat veterans t...
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Yes, Hamas and Iran are Still the Best of Friends
Ignoring their collusion is dangerous
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Oliver Stone’s Party Line
Re-litigating the Cold War and defending the honor of poor old Joe Stalin.
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Has America Given Up?
Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled the latest artful attempt at avoiding responsibility to prevent genocide. With his newly created "Atrocities Prevention Board," the president has b...
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The Deceits of Seymour Hersh
Last June, the distinguished American journalist Seymour Hersh published an article in the New Yorker entitled “Iran and the Bomb: How Real Is the Nuclear Threat?” His answer...
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Declaring War on the ‘Far Enemy’
On Aug. 23, 1996, Osama bin Laden, within a few months of arriving in Afghanistan, issued a manifesto proclaiming himself at war with the world's only remaining superpower. Bin Laden's...
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Beyond Mugabe’s Madness
Even by the ridiculously low procedural standards of Africa's club of presidents-for-life, last Friday's poll in Zimbabwe was a truly pathetic exercise. As Barry Bearak, the Pulitzer Pr...