With few good options to addressing Russia’s moves on Ukraine, the West needs keep larger goals in mind.
National Security
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For the U.S., Israel and Palestine: What’s Plan B?
As a concept, the two-state solution is more broadly accepted than ever, even as achieving it seems more remote.
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Don’t Let the Bush Administration Off the Hook For Torture
New information about the Senate Intelligence Committee’s torture report shouldn’t absolve the White House of responsibility for ordering the torture program.
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The CIA and the Moral Sunk Costs of the Torture Program
Once they sold their souls, they had to justify the sale, even if it meant misleading everyone about what torture was achieving.
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Soldiering on an Empty Stomach
The number of military families seeking food assistance has risen; even more need the help but are afraid to ask. Something’s wrong.
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No, Fracking Is Not Making the U.S. More Secure
National security think tanks are cheerleading for the shale gas industry with near-complete disregard for climate change and water security. Guess who’s funding the studies?
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Dealing with Iran’s Two Faces
The U.S. can keep talking to Iran about nukes even while pressuring them on terrorism.
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No Exit: The Digital Edition
In her new book, Dragnet Nation, Julia Angwin shows how badly disadvantaged ordinary people are in the struggle for privacy online.
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The Size of the Army Tells You Almost Nothing About Our Military Strength
Forget what you’ve heard about “the smallest Army since before World War II.”
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Daily Meme: El Chapo and Our War on Drugs
Splashed all over this weekend’s news was the capture of Joaquín Guzmán Loera aka, El Chapo, the Mexican drug kingpin ranked #67 on Forbes’s “Powerful People” list who got his billions from the being the man in at the head of the Sinaloa Cartel, responsible for an estimated 25 percent of the illegal drugs that […]
