While Israel fails to form a government, the West Bank could explode.
America and the World
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Italy’s Vote Against Austerity
The Eurozone high command’s insistence on cutting debt is being met with resistance in Italy.
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A Third Intifada?
The death of a Palestinian prisoner may trigger widespread unrest in the West Bank.
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Lockheed, Stock, and Barrel
Do we truly need brand new aircraft carriers? Nope, but try telling the Pentagon and their many contractor friends.
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Threat versus “Threat”
The second entry in our series on how to fix the Pentagon budget
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Protecting the Homeland? So Last Century
What exactly does our military do these days?
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South Korea’s Northern Stories
No one understands North Korea’s current nuclear moves better than those who live in the country next door, and who lived through the darkest moments of the 20th century.
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Return of the Ratzinger
With Benedict around for the selection of his successor, a new Pope might not mean new hope for progressive Catholicism.
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Senate Tested, Iran Approved?
Complaints about Chuck Hagel grow more cartoonish by the day.
