| Feb 12, 2014 | Peace / SecuritySenior Obama administration officials say our government is sharply scaling back its drone strikes in Pakistan. That’s a step in the right direction. It would be even better if the entire U.S. program of targeted killings in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia were...
| Jan 23, 2014 | Peace / SecurityThe international negotiations to end the brutal civil war in Syria were never going to be easy. Getting all sides to the table was itself a huge challenge. On the eve of the talks it looked, for a moment, like at least that first step might be possible. To prevent...
| Jan 3, 2014 | Peace / SecuritySecretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was full of tough talk when he visited the island kingdom of Bahrain in early December. The United States, he vowed, will continue to guard “the free flow of energy and commerce” from the Persian Gulf and keep Iran nuclear-free,...
| Sep 11, 2013 | Peace / SecurityJohn Kerry may have just accidentally earned himself a Nobel Peace Prize. In off-the-cuff remarks to reporters, the Secretary of State reiterated his support for a U.S. attack on Syria, saying Bashar al-Assad could only ward off a U.S. strike by turning over his...
| Sep 4, 2013 | Peace / SecurityPresident Barack Obama wants Congress to grant him the power to go to war with Syria, for as long as and in any way he chooses. Now it’s up to the American people, as it was to the British, to say no — we don’t buy it. Even if Bashar al-Assad’s...
