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Image: A Salafist demonstration in Morocco. Flickr/Magharebia, CC BY 2.0.

Profiling Muslims Is Bad. So Is Ignoring Radical Islam.

The West and its allies aren't paying enough attention to Salafi jihadism.

Robert G. Rabil

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Is China Really That Dangerous?

Overstating the danger to America can lead to bad policy.

Doug Bandow
Image: Children at a ceremony honoring Mustafa Badreddine. Tasnim News Agency/Foad Ashtari, CC BY 4.0.

Iran and Hezbollah Avoid Blaming Israel for Terrorist Commander’s Death

It sure looks like Israel killed Mustafa Badreddine—you just won't hear it from Israel's enemies.

David DaoudAmir Toumaj
Image: Hillary Clinton in Arizona. Photo by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Why Are the Clintons Always Under Investigation?

Clinton’s compulsive desire to shield herself from public scrutiny has ensured that she will be scrutinized publicly.

Jacob Heilbrunn
Image: ClkerFreeVectorImages. Pixabay, public domain.

There They Go Again

The neocons say they want to promote democracy abroad even as they scorn its attributes at home.

Editorial
Image: American, South Korean, and North Korean military representatives meet at the Military Demarcation Line, 1997. DOD photo, public domain.

The North Korea Threat: America’s Limited Options

Tensions with Pyongyang will increase, and there’s not much Washington can do.

Kyle Churchman
Image: Obama in Vietnam. White House photo (Pete Souza), public domain.

Obama in Vietnam: Long on Weapons, Short on Human Rights

Vietnamese hoping he'd bring change were disappointed.

Gary Sands

The Skeptics

  • Is China Really That Dangerous?

  • Congress Denies Justice to 9/11 Victims' Families

  • Learning the Limits of American Military Power

  • A Neoconservative Plan That Will Cripple U.S. Interests

  • Congress Is Ignoring Its Most Important Constitutional Duty

The Buzz

  • Is Taiwan a Country?

  • Congress Receiving Unconstitutional Obamacare Subsidies

  • The Illusion of Russian Military Might

  • Transforming German Königsberg into Soviet Kaliningrad

  • Georgia’s Delicate Foreign Policy Dance

Paul Pillar

  • Israeli Hardliners Harden Further

  • The False Neoconservative Claim of Consensus

Is Taiwan a Country?

Allen R. Carlson

Congress Receiving Unconstitutional Obamacare Subsidies

Robert E. Moffit

The Illusion of Russian Military Might

Roger McDermott

Transforming German Königsberg into Soviet Kaliningrad

Mary Elizabeth Malinkin

Georgia’s Delicate Foreign Policy Dance

Denis CorboyWilliam CourtneyKenneth Yalowitz

A Chinese ADIZ in the South China Sea: The Ultimate Bargaining Chip?

Harry J. Kazianis

New U.S. Navy Transport Osprey Will Reach an Insane 280 Miles Per Hour

Kris Osborn

Should Duterte Step Back on the South China Sea?

Aileen San Pablo-Baviera

Let's Not Frame the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a 'Contain–China' Play

Stephen Grenville

The U.S. Navy Is Back: More Ships, More Technology (And More Firepower)

David Axe

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