Ben Carson Flunks Foreign Policy, History
Ben Carson doesn’t seem to know much about foreign policy or history. And he doesn’t belong on anyone’s list of serious Presidential candidates.
ISIL Destroys Nimrud
The gang calling itself the Islamic State has destroyed another historical site.
Joint Iraqi-Iranian Operations in Tikrit
Iraqi army and Iranian army in joint offensive to retake Tikrit.
David Petraeus Pleads Guilty To Sharing Classified Information
The most widely honored General from the Iraq and Afghanistan War has plead guilty to sharing classified information with his mistress.
Will The GOP Pay A Political Price For The DHS Shutdown Showdown?
Polling indicates that the American public opposes the GOP position on DHS funding, but that’s unlikely to change many minds on Capitol Hill.
ISIS is What it Says it Is
The Atlantic has a fascinating cover story by Graeme Wood titled “What ISIS Really Wants.”
ISIS Has Arrived In Libya, Just How Big A War Are We Looking At?
ISIS apparently now has a foothold in Libya, and is making inroads in Yemen.
Denmark Terror Attacks and Machine-Gun Censorship
Yet another attack on religious freedom in Europe.
Authorizations to Unlimited Military Force
Daniel Larison is far less ambivalent about our war on ISIL than me.
IR TOs WH NSS
Most in the international relations community are not amused by the president’s National Security Strategy.
Obama To Seek Authorization For A War That He Already Started
President Obama will ask Congress to authorize a war he started six months ago.
Pope: Don’t Breed Like Rabbits. Or Use Birth Control.
Pope Francis continues his world tour and has issued a paradox from his private jet.
Next Charlie Hebdo Cover Has Muhammad Saying ‘Je suis Charlie’
Their editor and nine colleagues dead, their offices destroyed, the newspaper is not missing a beat.
Obama’s Absence From Paris Rally: Egregious Diplomatic Error, Or Much Ado About Nothing?
Some are criticizing the President for not going to Paris for yesterday’s rally.
German Newspaper Firebombed After Republishing Charlie Hebdo Images
The terrorism wave that began with the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices has not ended with the killing of the perpetrators. A follow-on attack has occurred in Germany and there are reports of “sleeper cells” being activated in France.
Charlie Hebdo Suspects Dead After Dual Standoffs
The men responsible for the Charlie Hebdo massacre are dead, but the problems for France, and the rest of Europe, may just be at the beginning.
Will The Paris Terror Attack Undercut Republican Efforts On DHS Budget?
The terror attack in Paris seems likely to undercut GOP efforts to use the DHS budget to attack the President’s immigration policies.
Terror Attack Kills 11 at French Satirical Newspaper Charlie Hebdo
At least 11 are dead and 10 wounded in an attack on free expression.
In Responding To North Korea’s Cyber Attacks, The U.S. Has Limited Options
There’s not a whole lot the United States can do to respond effectively and proportionally to North Korea’s hacking attack against Sony.
Obama Faults Sony For Pulling ‘The Interview’ From Theaters, Vows Response To North Korea
President Obama criticized Sony for backing down, and said that the U.S. would respond to North Korea’s cyber attack “at a place and time we choose,”
Did 24 Help Make Torture Acceptable?
In the wake of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on C.I.A. torture, some have suggested that eight years of Jack Bauer helped make torture more acceptable to the American public.
F.B.I. Charges North Korea With Being Behind Hacking Attacks On Sony
The U.S. Government has formally charged North Korea with responsibility for the hacking attack on Sony. How to respond to that attack is a more complicated question.