| Jan 18, 2010 | Peace / SecurityAmericans got a crash course on Yemen for Christmas. That’s because we’ve wanted to know more about the little-known, dirt-poor country in southwestern Arabia where the “underwear bomber” who tried to blow up a plane—bound for Detroit...
| Jan 11, 2010 | Peace / SecurityBefore the old year passes out of sight and I’ve broken the last of my New Year’s resolutions, I’d like to relieve myself of a few opinions I didn’t unload when I should have. For example: The Friendly Skies: I have never been a great fan of...
| | Peace / SecuritySure it’s fun, But costly too; Telling nations, What to do. And you thought Star Wars was just science fiction, right? Ha! Remember how the heroic insurgents were first ferreted out by a drone? Remember how the rulers of the universe were called “The...
| | Peace / SecurityThe first 20 detainees arrived at Guantánamo’s Camp X-Ray eight years ago, on January 11, 2002. Just over seven years later, President Barack Obama—on his second full day after taking office—issued an order to shut the prison within a year. His rhetoric was...
