Richard Nixon was the greatest peacemaker in U.S. history. He orchestrated the historic opening with Beijing. And he presided over the most significan...
Here's my fantasy this holiday season: I'd like, that is, to obliterate TomDispatch, for without the Afghan war, my website would never have existed. Here's the saddest thing: I know full well that its future is assured as long as I care to do it.
The winter solstice of 2009 arrived as a grim metaphor for the current politics of healthcare, war and a lot more. "In a dark time," wrote the poet Th...
Kabul, Afghanistan -- "Mr. Edwards, We're not going to be able to get you to Jalalabad. Enemy activity has increased in the last few days, the troops are at it 24/7." My brain stalled, I was stunned.
Nobody seems happy. Not the democrats who want to get out of Afghanistan; not the Republicans who want to bomb devils and wipe out evil.
Supporters and opponents of President Obama's Afghanistan decision focus on whether it is possible to secure a military victory in the conflict; however, in war, even a winner can be a loser.
Likewise, in foreign policy. Let's say there are two diagnoses for Afghanistan -- one means it has a chance if we do things right. The other means that there's no hope whatever we do.
President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize nine days after he announced he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. His escalation of the war may not have been what the Nobel committee envisioned.
Tony Blair has hit back at his critics saying that 'not everyone' hates him, and that abroad, he remains highly popular. Blair has been mercilessly at...
As development agencies integrate their efforts to reduce the massive inequalities plaguing women and girls worldwide, we must never forget the value of human dignity, and the power of education to dignify.
I met "Orphans Hero" Andeisha Farid this fall when she was in town as part of Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women Program. Then I saw her on Brian Williams' ...
Some of our regular army and reservists have been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan for nearly a decade -- longer than WWI and WWII combined. There is a limit to what even superb soldiers like ours can withstand.
Remember me? I'm the little people you promised to serve for two years on the campaign trail. I'm the person who walked the neighborhood convincing p...
An official confirmation by the US President that the end is near is precisely what the Taliban wanted. It will now reinvigorate its energies to undermine what it perceives to be America's last push.
This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: End of START and A New Beginning for Disarmament SI Analysis: An agreement on a follow-up treaty to the 1...
A new exploitative media low was reached this week when the New York Post featured a front page story on Tiger Woods for something like the 19th strai...
15 years after Rwanda was completely devastated, it is being recognized as a regional leader. What can we learn from Rwanda's experience that could be applied in Afghanistan?
As a naturalized citizen, I hold dual citizenships, and dual political points of view that see two presidents.
Afghans do not want to become wards of the United States. We want to be equal partners. We want to cooperate with the U.S. in political and diplomatic arenas to ensure the rule of law in our country.
Who's on top, the MSM or Digital Media? Who's leading the discussion, why, and is it a good thing? To help us navigate this tricky landscape, we asked New York Times reporter Brian Stelter.
Not unlike America's too-big-to-fail financial institutions, U.S. foreign clients tend to make their strategic calculations based not on what Washington says, but on what Washington does.
