COLUMN
List of COLUMN articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Any Way the Wind Blows
From drone strikes to Syria, the indecisive Obama administration thinks it can conduct foreign policy by floating trial balloons.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Justify Any Policy, No Matter How Bad It Might Be
A handy 10-step guide to defending yourself, your country, or your boss.
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MIKE SARGENT/AFP/Getty Images When Reagan Cut and Run
The forgotten history of when America boldly abandoned ship in the Middle East.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Best Policy
Can the United States ever be an honest broker in Middle East peace talks?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 There’s Something Rotten in Hogsmeade
Snowden-esque scandals at the Ministry of Magic (and Ron and Hermione got a divorce).
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rand Paul Is Right
The United States needs to officially end the Iraq war -- or else acknowledge that it’s waging an endless and unwinnable fight.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Cost of Growing Older
Why paying for an aging population may force the United States -- and its allies -- to cut back on military spending.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Top 10 Mistakes Made in the Afghan War
From Tora Bora to wartime fatigue, the U.S. legacy in Afghanistan was just one failed endeavor after another.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Did Saudi Arabia Buy Chinese Missiles?
The real question is why are we only hearing about it now.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Deferring the Inevitable
Political and piecemeal Pentagon budget cuts can't hide the fact that there's no strategy behind the sequester drawdown.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Slip Slidin’ Away in Argentina
Does President Fernández de Kirchner have a plan to save her foundering currency?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The True Forever War
Technology, not policy, will make it easier for U.S. leaders to kill people, blow things up, and disrupt computer networks around the world.