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What Was a Russian Sub (Possibly) Doing in Swedish Waters?
The Cold War came roaring back last week, albeit briefly. To recap: On October 16th the Swedish military intercepted a distress signal ...
Ottawas Lone Gunman Shows Weakness of ISIS
Immediately following the shooting at the War Memorial at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, many began to speculate it was the ...
To Defeat ISIS (Again), Support Sunni Tribal Awakening
To defeat ISIS in Iraq, the support of the Sunni tribes is essential. The Sunni tribes felt disenfranchised and, therefore, over the ...
The Case for Arming Rebels
It was reported that a CIA commission found that arming rebels in civil wars is ineffective. That might not strike many who remember ...
To Defeat ISIS, Change the Balance on the Ground
Recently in this magazine, I advocated for the United States to begin a focused operation to rejuvenate and empower a new “Sunni ...
On Food, Wine, and War
When I was a reporter in post-conflict zones like Georgia, Sri Lanka, and Lebanon, I used to wonder: Does good ...
Limp into Iraq, Limp Out: Time to Revive the ‘Powell ...
Recently White House and Pentagon officials have hinted that the U.S.-led bombing campaign against ISIS may last many months, if not ...
Asymmetric Warfare Goes Both Ways
During the last decade and a half of militant extremism with global ambitions, asymmetric warfare has been a much-ballyhooed concept ...
We Still Need to Defeat Assad, Not Just ISIS
An argument making the rounds is that the al-Assad regime would make the most effective ally for the United States ...
The Necessary Hypocrisy of Torture
Assume you came to pick up your child from school and found the building locked. A terrorist had hidden a ...