foreign policy
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, via Phil Korsnes:if Iran is as close to nuclear capability as it is claimed, it should have a strong interest in non-proliferation. Making it difficult for a newcomer.
The EU report on the South Ossetia War has been released, and it apportions some blame to both sides. The Georgians started the war, but the Russians created the underlying.
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Ahem:In the early 1980s, according to newly released documents, Fidel Castro was suggesting a Soviet nuclear strike against the United States, until Moscow dissuaded him by patiently explaining how the.
BruceR, responding to a question about Afghan army training from Matt Yglesias:Building anew is harder than renovating. In Afghanistan as in Iraq we really are doing our best to junk.
With due respect to the notion of an "armed peace corps," what happens when either a) a peace-keeping situation deteriorates into real war, or b) a real war deteriorates to.
Kessler, via Drezner:The war of words between North Korea and the United States escalated Thursday, with North Korea's Foreign Ministry lashing out at Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in.
From around the inter-tubes...Dan Nexon vets Stephen Walt's Top Ten Lessons of EmpireMr. Trend rounds up news from Latin AmericaDrezner wonders why Khameinei doesn't seem to have any proxies.I have.