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National Security
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Senate Tested, Iran Approved?
Complaints about Chuck Hagel grow more cartoonish by the day.
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The Australian Connection
Why did Israel keep a prisoner’s arrest, name and death secret, and will we ever know for sure?
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Game of Drones
Explaining what role unmanned aerial vehicles play in our foreign policy—and the rest of the world’s—in six charts.
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The Public and the Drone War
Americans are okay with drone strikes, ambivalent about killing other Americans.
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Checks and Balances on the Western Front
The president’s domain in the realm of foreign policy has ballooned for decades, but especially since the War on Terror started. Will Congress reassert its authority?
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Tinkering with the Obama Doctrine
As his second term kicks off, what are the roads the president is likely to pursue abroad?
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I Can Haz Internet Freedom?
The Prospect explains the murky underpinnings of Anonymous’s brand of cyber-activism.
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Libya’s Spheres of Bad Influence
Time is running short for the U.S. and NATO to help Libya restore order and security—and to keep jihadi groups in check.
