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The US is essentially getting everything it wants in Iran's deal with Turkey and Brazil to handle uranium enrichment and in tougher sanctions on Iran by Russia and China - so why is the US going forward with sanctions? More. |
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A 'growing level of collusion' between Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan and militant groups, including al-Qaida, in Pakistan is among the concerns voiced by Admiral Mike Mullen during his visit to Kabul. More. |
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Karl W. Eikenberry, formerly top American commander in Afghanistan and currently U.S. ambassador there has expressed reservations about increasing American troop levels. More. |
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North Korea is China's equivalent of the unpredictable neighbor with a yard full of cars on cinderblocks and a year's supply of shotgun shells. More. |
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The US shield in Eastern Europe was never really about Iran; it was about Russia. More. |
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Will next month's two-day conference convince investors Iraq is now open for business? More. |
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Leaders of U.S. Britain and France threaten increased sanctions against Iran after accusing that nation of hiding a nuclear plant from international inspectors. More. |
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Afghanistan, a country overrun by the Taliban, holds large swaths of nuclear-capable Pakistan under its influence. Unfortunately, Afghanistan might just be the most difficult country to invade. Historically it certainly appears that way. More. |
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Dr. Haleh Esfandiari's newest book, My Prison, My Home, tells of her harrowing experiences in Tehran's Evin Prison. She also reminds us that frigid relations between the United States and Iran extend back further than 1979. More. |
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The twentieth century’s rules of geopolitics frame conflicts in terms of nation-states. . . Unfortunately, the most likely cast of adversarial characters in the coming century will be non-national players. More. |
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The raw spending numbers understate America's near-monopoly on global military power. More. |
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Quoting out of context has become an epidemic. What happens when soundbites and other bytes are put into context? Does the meaning really change? Read a discussion of New Jersey Representative Christopher Smith's quoting of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger at a foreign policy hearing. More. |
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Small puppies need constant attention; tin-pot dictators often operate under the same set of imperatives. Here's the lowdown on North Korea. More. |
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China has become the largest source of developmental loans for Latin America. Coming as this does after almost a decade of United States indifference, China’s influence in the region has skyrocketed. More. |
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We are going to have to learn a whole different vocabulary for dealing with this brave new world. Free markets are only going to be as free as the 500-pound gorillas let them be. More. |
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Preemptive war is a tangled web. At what point does preemptively attacking a potential adversary cross the line from self-defense to aggression? More. |
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So what's up with Russia's saber-rattling? Think oil. More. |
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A few weeks ago Armchair General ran an e-poll on the likelihood of armed conflict between the US and China within the next ten years. Actually, I prefer to think of it as a quiz rather than a poll, and here are your grades. More. |
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