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High Stakes for an Administration Battle: A National Security Nightmare

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Muslims, Cia, Jeh Johnson, Gwot, National Security, Budget, Aqap, Harold Koh, Dennis Blair, Financial Crisis, Congress, Shabab, State Department, Defense Department, War on Terror, Al Qaeda, International Law, World News
Daphne Eviatar

As if we didn't have enough wars already, a battle is now reportedly taking place within the Obama administration over whether the U.S. government has the legal authority to kill low-level suspected terrorist supporters where the U.S. now has troops on the ground.

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Extreme Secrecy Undermines the U.S. Effort in Afghanistan

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Aclu, William-Lietzau, Bagram, Afghanistan, War on Terror, Gwot, Terrorism, Lawsuit, David Petraeus, World News
Daphne Eviatar

While some secrecy is obviously necessary in the conduct of a war, the U.S. government's extreme secrecy about its detention of thousands of Afghans without charge or trial at the U.S.-run Bagram Air Base is actually creating a threat to U.S. troops, not alleviating one.

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All politics is local: Al-Qa'eda and the Afghanistan War

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Strategic Depth, Governance, Al-Qaida, Anti-War, Pakistan, Terrorism, AQIM, Global War on Terror, Haqqani Network, Development Aid, GSPC, Rethink Afghanistan, Counterterrorism, Rule of Law, Taliban, War Funding, Afghanistan, Algeria, Gwot, Afghan Taliban, Extremism, Politics News
Josh Mull

I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The view...

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The War in Iraq: Sunrise or Sunset?

Frida Berrigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, US Military, Global War on Terror, Operation New Dawn, Gwot, War in Iraq, Politics News
Frida Berrigan

Just as the Pentagon is preparing its exit plan -- or at least the rhetoric for its exit plan -- pressure is mounting for the military to stay.

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Obama's Measured Response to Terrorism: A Political Winner

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gsave, Obama, Fort Hood Attack, Terrorism, Gwot, Christmas Day Terror Attempt, World War IV, Bush, World News
Leon T. Hadar

Obama could have been a political winner if, like in the case of terrorism, he had followed his own instincts on Afghanistan and resisted the pressure from the political right to deploy more troops.

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The Keystone Cops Meet the Parents; And Let's Not Invade Yemen

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patriot Act, Nsa, Cia, Dni, War on Terror, War in Afghanistan, Terrorism, Jack Bauer, 24 Tv Show, Gwot, War in Iraq, Gsave, World News
Leon T. Hadar

So before airport security screening start to feel like your annual medical check-up and American troops head into Yemen, here are some common sense ideas aimed at preventing anti-American terrorism.

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Shifting Gears on Missile Defense Marks a Shift in U.S. Policy Toward Russia, with Immediate Impact on Iran

David Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Missile Defense, George W. Bush, Joe Biden, Russia Georgia Conflict, Ukraine, Dmitry Medvedev, Realism, Foreign Policy, Dick Cheney, Kosovo Independence, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sergei Lavrov, Nato, Chechnya, Vladimir Putin, Gwot, Ukraine Gas, World News
David Paul

Ahmadinejad's normal swagger has been muted, perhaps with the realization that his days of manipulating Russia against the West have ended.

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Missing Word, Missing World

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global War on Terror, Gwot, Politics News
Tom Engelhardt

Maybe what we need is fewer lies, less wind, and a new, stripped-down, weeded out, more honest vocabulary for our political world, words that don't fall so far short of the world as it is.

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After Mumbai

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, Gwot, Terrorism, India, India-Pakistan, Pakistan, Global War on Terror, Mumbai Terrorism, Politics News
John Feffer

This follow-the-leader effect may prove most horrific in the case of India. Believing neighboring Pakistan to be behind the Mumbai attacks, India is edging closer to its own war on terror.

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7 Years Later: Could Civilians Be Key to Winning the War on Terror?

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Civil War, War on Terror, Gwot, Afghanistan, Homeland Security, Terrorism, War, Civilian Casualties, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Military, Surge, Iraqi Civilian Deaths, Counterterrorism, Human Rights Watch, World Trade Center, Iraq, September 11th, Counterinsurgency, Politics News
Frances Moore Lappe

More and more people around the world are disavowing violence against civilians, and support for terrorism is drying up.

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