Petraeus Angered By Karzai Telling the Truth in Afghanistan
The US will formally unveil a plan to NATO that would extend US involvement in Afghanistan through 2014. The transfer of security to the Afghans would begin over the next 18-24 months. This is...
View ArticleCFR Distances Itself From Abrams After Anti-Semite Charge Against Hagel
Elliott Abrams The fight over Chuck Hagel’s appointment as Secretary Of Defense has ventured into truly unfortunate terrain with assertions of prejudice and bigotry by Hagel’s opponents. In an NPR...
View ArticleGeithner Will Work For Wall Street Not On It
Tim Geithner And the circle is complete. Tim Geithner’s first post-Treasury Secretary job will be as a “distinguished fellow” at the Council On Foreign Relations. For the uninitiated, the Council On...
View ArticleAs Ukraine Conflict Heats Back Up Scholars Point To NATO Expansion As Cause...
Now that NATO has claimed to have seen Russian military equipment entering Ukraine in the past few days and prospects for peace appear elusive some scholars are beginning to analyze how we got here....
View ArticleNeocons Want To Try Nation-Building In Iraq Again
Max Boot While it is no secret that many hawks in Congress are in favor of sending US ground forces into Iraq and Syria to fight ISIS, now the prospect of “nation-building” has reentered the...
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