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A Helping Hand for the Commander-in-Chief

As the president pledges U.S. military interventions abroad, important checks-and-balances between the executive and legislature might be eroding.

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An Unmanned Air Force

With a 1,200-percent increase in combat air patrols since 2005, the human pilot is gradually becoming a thing of the past.

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A Questionable Partnership

President Obama's recent agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai is all about the substance, not the style.

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NATO’s Waterloo?

Next month’s NATO summit in Chicago offers alliance leaders an opportunity to either ensure NATO’s future, or shove it toward its Waterloo.

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The Myth of America's Decline

Overstretched and underemployed, the United States has seen better days – but history warns not to count us out.

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Hard Questions in Afghanistan

The American people need to ask some serious questions about the U.S. goals in Afghanistan.

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Threatening Skies

If proliferation gives us reason to worry, the global web of missile defenses offers reason for hope.

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A 'concert of democracies'

The United Nations never ceases to disappoint its supporters, or confirm the worst suspicions of its critics.

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A bigger military

The U.S. Armed Forces are facing a serious challenge on the recruiting front — the bulging waistlines of America’s recruiting-age population.

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Tilting at windmills

Veterans groups on both sides of the Atlantic are voicing opposition to the French president's plan to build wind turbines off the Normandy coast.

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