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  • Democracy & Government
    America’s Longest War Winds Down
    March 29, 2021
    | Andrew Bacevich

    No bang, no whimper, no victory.

  • Letters From an American
    The Looking Glass World of the White House
    November 17, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    President-Elect Joe Biden is now 5.6 million votes ahead of Trump in the popular vote, with 50.9% of the vote to Trump’s 47.3%. And yet, Trump continues to maintain he won the election.

  • Letters From an American
    Chaos from Trump. Calm from Biden
    November 12, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    Today President-Elect Joe Biden named his chief of staff. He has picked Ronald A. Klain, 59, a veteran Democratic operative with degrees from Georgetown and Harvard Law School, who has worked in and around Washington, D.C., since 1987, when he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Byron White. Klain was Biden’s chief of staff when he was vice president.

  • War & Peace
    Patton and Westy Meet in a Bar
    September 11, 2020
    | Andrew Bacevich
    A Play of Many Parts in One Act
  • Letters From an American
    Russian Military Intelligence Put Bounties on American Soldiers
    June 27, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson

    This evening, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both broke extraordinary news. Months ago, American intelligence officials concluded that during peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, a Russian military intelligence group offered to Taliban-linked fighters bounties for killing American troops. They paid up, too, although it is unclear which of the twenty US deaths happened under the deal. But this wasn't breaking news for the National Security Council.

  • War & Peace
    Trump Flip-Flops on Afghanistan, Opts for Years-Long Quagmire
    August 23, 2017
    | Juan Cole
    Continued military presence in Afghanistan may not be the best way to protect the US.
  • War & Peace
    The American Way of War Is a Budget-Breaker
    May 10, 2017
    | William D. Hartung
    Never has a society spent more for less.
  • War & Peace
    There’s No Strategy Behind Trump’s Wars — Only Brute Force
    April 21, 2017
    | Phyllis Bennis
    Trump's wars are now all over the map. The peace movement can fight back by joining already thriving intersectional campaigns.
  • War & Peace
    The Solution to 'Not Winning Anymore'
    November 29, 2016
    | Andrew Bacevich
    Trump loves to win, but American generals have forgotten how.
  • War & Peace
    A 9/11 Retrospective: Washington's 15-Year Air War
    September 9, 2016
    | Tom Engelhardt
    We have our precision weaponry, and terrorist groups have theirs.


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