Foreign Policy

Book Review: "The United States of Fear"

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| Wed Feb. 22, 2012 4:58 PM PST

Settling Down in Afghanistan

Despite Washington's talk of drawdowns, our tax dollars are funding a base building boom in Afghanistan that shows little sign of abating.

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| Mon Feb. 13, 2012 1:40 PM PST

WATCH: How to Win People Over to the Taliban's Side [Fiore Cartoon]

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| Thu Feb. 9, 2012 11:15 AM PST

Tracking the Secret War on Iran

Assassinations, explosions, cyberattacks, plane crashes: A time line of the mysterious battle raging over Iran's nuclear program.

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| Thu Feb. 9, 2012 4:00 AM PST

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State Department Preparing To Cut Iraq Embassy Staff By Half

...and the Splenda and chicken wings are running low!!

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| Tue Feb. 7, 2012 3:10 PM PST

The End of National Sovereignty?

How aircraft carriers, drones, and special operations teams are making it easier for the US military to cross foreign borders without permission.

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| Mon Feb. 6, 2012 2:09 PM PST

Let's Bomb Iran!

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| Mon Feb. 6, 2012 12:27 PM PST
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Obama's Golden Nuclear Option

The president has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to reduce the US nuclear arsenal. But will it happen in an election year?

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| Mon Feb. 6, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Report: Military Warns Israel Against Iran Strike

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| Thu Feb. 2, 2012 11:04 PM PST

ACLU Wants Obama To Release Targeted Killing Records

The ACLU is seeking more information on how the Obama administration decides it can kill Americans suspected of terrorism.

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| Wed Feb. 1, 2012 1:12 PM PST

What's at Stake in the Persian Gulf

The US's oil supply is at risk, but so is our status as a global superpower.

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| Tue Jan. 31, 2012 11:54 AM PST
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Obama Says Drones Are on a "Very Tight Leash"

During his Google+ hangout on Monday, the president went to bat for his (kind of) secret drone war.

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| Tue Jan. 31, 2012 10:10 AM PST

Crossing Red Lines on Iran's Borders

It's business as usual when the US parks aircraft carriers and missile destroyers in the water surrounding Iran's border. But what if Iran did the same thing in the Gulf of Mexico?

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| Mon Jan. 30, 2012 12:49 PM PST
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GOP Candidates: Obama Keeps Snubbing Israel!

There they go again.....

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| Thu Jan. 26, 2012 9:12 PM PST
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Anthony Shadid, R.I.P.

Shadid died from an apparent asthma attack on Thursday while reporting inside Syria. He was 43. Read our recent interview with the revered two-time Pulitzer winner.

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| Thu Jan. 26, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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8 Things to Know About the Navy SEAL Raid in Somalia

The growth of special ops, Somali humanitarian groups, drugs, a pre-State-of-the-Union hat tip, and more.

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| Wed Jan. 25, 2012 1:20 PM PST

The Catch-22 of Drone Assassinations

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| Mon Jan. 23, 2012 11:41 AM PST

The Crash and Burn Future of War Drones

America's killer robots keep falling from the sky. So much for being the future of warfare.

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| Fri Jan. 20, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Bradley Manning: Criminal or Whistleblower?

Military officials never want to talk about civilian casualties—unless they can pin them on someone like Bradley Manning.

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| Thu Jan. 19, 2012 12:32 PM PST
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The Foreign Policy Adviser Mitt Romney Threw Under The Bus

Mitchell Reiss, one of Romney's special advisers, has written frankly about possible negotiations with the Taliban. The GOP front-runner isn't too fond of that approach.

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| Tue Jan. 17, 2012 12:56 PM PST