And after years of hard work at thawing Cold War tensions with Russia, the proposed placement of a missile shield behind the former Iron Curtain is a backward step.
Conn Hallinan | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
Military alliances are always sold as things that produce security. In practice they tend to do the opposite -- NATO is an alliance in trouble.
Russ Wellen | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics
We engage Military.com columnist Jeff Huber in a wide-ranging discussion that begins with his new novel, Bathtub Admirals.
Russ Wellen | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
You may wonder why you should read a military spoof that's set during peacetime and not Iraq or Afghanistan -- but it reveals behavior that has been festering in the military for decades.
Larry Beinhart | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
The Great Republican Disaster, from Reagan to Bush the Lesser, has been the Time of the Unreal. Recently there have been signs of hope. Yes. Hope means Obama. He speaks of reality.
Gimundo.com | Kathryn Hawkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
In 1983, Petrov held a very important station: As lieutenant colonel, he was in charge of monitoring the Soviet Union's satellites over the United Sta...
AP | Pamela Hess | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
China and Russia are spying on the United States nearly as much as they did during the Cold War, according to the top U.S. intelligence official. Mik...
Lincoln Chafee | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics