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From drinking vodka to listening for pauses, six tips for striking a deal with the Kremlin from NATO’s former supreme allied commander.

How a fragile and broken national psyche led to the Frankenstein’s monster of an out-of-control presidential candidate.

In fair Tripoli, where we lay our scene, ancient grudges and new mutinies are being broken by a radical experiment to turn young would-be radicals into Romeos and Juliets.

This is now a serious nuclear arsenal that threatens the region and, soon, the continental United States.

On magical creatures and the promises of politicians.

Just because you’ve worn a uniform doesn’t make you uniquely qualified to offer political judgment on matters of state.

It’s not because Trump is a unique risk to U.S. national security (he is, though). It’s because when officers start playing politics, it undermines the independence of and trust in our military.

And the politicians and pundits calling for one in Syria ought to remember how toothless and ineffective the U.S. air patrols were — for 12 long years — in Iraq.

Taxing Mexican goods to pay for a border wall will tank Mexico’s economy, spike immigration into the United States, and boost the drug trade.

Russia poisons its enemies, Germany’s obsessed with fiscal responsibility, and America’s addicted to spreading democracy. A list of policies governments ought to kick.

Why a new era of synthetic biology could make the dangers of the atomic age seem quaint.

A classic disinformation campaign about U.S. nukes reveals a lot about Moscow's military anxieties.