Threats
Has Intervention Helped or Hurt Bosnia?
The answer matters for world leaders faced with conflicts in countries like Syria and Ukraine. By David Rohde
Threats
Obama’s Vision: No More War but Plenty More Fighting
President Obama’s speech illustrates America’s global security dilemma: stay out of wars, but don’t let up the fight. By Kevin Baron
Threats
New Study Says Iraq War Led to Half a Million Iraqi Deaths
For every three people killed by violence in Iraq, two died as a result of conflict-crippled health care, water and transportation systems, a new study finds. By Marina Koren
Ideas
The Obama Doctrine
This wasn’t just an address to the nation about Syria, it was a major foreign policy speech that finally spells out the Obama Doctrine. By Stephanie Gaskell
Threats
Obama: Strike Against Syria Would Be a 'Shot Across the Bow'
President Obama said a internationally backed military strike against Syria would punish the regime for using chemical weapons. By Stephanie Gaskell
Ideas
The War After the War in Syria
The continued fracturing of Syrian fighters threatens any hope for reconstruction once the fighting dies down. By Joshua Foust
Ideas
Whatever Comes Next, Syria Is Forcing a New U.S. Strategy for the Middle East
President Obama is deciding how to respond in Syria knowing that most Americans are wary of another mess in the Middle East. By Kevin Baron and Stephanie Gaskell
Ideas
Whispers in the Ranks that Iraq Has Turned Obama Isolationist to a Fault
Some in Obama’s diplomatic corps fear the president has “learned all the wrong things from Iraq” -- a deadly lesson for Syria’s rebels. By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Ideas
The Debate Behind U.S. Intervention in World War II
73 years ago, President Roosevelt was mulling a third term, and Charles Lindbergh was praising German air strength. A new book by Susan Dunn looks at the dramatic months leading up to the election of 1940.
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