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Friend or Foe?

Military power and economic ties complicate our relationship with China.

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Casualties count

Americans often make the mistake of judging a war's success by the number of Americans who die fighting it.

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Yemen Re-emerges

As the president fights to end the golbal war against al-Qaida and the Taliban, little did he know that the fight would carry the United States into Yemen.

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Amiss on Missile Defense

Many observers, both in the U.S. and abroad, do not agree with President Obama's plan to kill permanent missile defenses in Eastern Europe.

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New Year, Old Problems

Developments coming down the pike in 2010 could be both a blessing and a curse.

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UAVs are changing the way we wage war

Unmanned aerial vehicles are so central to U.S. efforts in the Afghanistan-Pakistan theater that some observers have dubbed this front of the war on terror “the drone war.”

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NATO at 60

Operating from Western Europe to Iraq and Afghanistan, the alliance could stand to reassess its mission.

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GITMO action poses risks

The clock is ticking for a new presidential task forcethat will mull stateside prisons vs. other countries.

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Press prefers doom, gloom in Iraq coverage

As far as the media are concerned, good news about America’s work in Iraq is bad news.

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West can't ignore Russian aggression in Georgia

NATO-Russia Council needs rethought, or even ended.

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