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List of Voice articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Magical Thinking of Killing Mullah Mansour
Why does anyone still think that bombing terrorist leaders still works?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Don’t Cry for the Taliban
Mullah Mansour's death may be a win for the endless U.S. war on the Taliban. But for the insurgency, it means more chaos -- which is exactly what they want.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Economics Has Failed America
When it comes to the impact of global trade, the dismal science has done a dismal job explaining how to help workers hurt by globalization.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A History of Sustainable Violence
There’s a reason why Israelis and Palestinians haven't made true and lasting efforts for peace — their conflict is now the status quo.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Mercenaries Are the Silent Majority of Obama’s Military
The president’s "light footprint" approach to war has relied on thousands of Americans paid to fight — and die — in the shadows.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 American Isolationism, With a Very, Very Big Stick
Polls show that U.S. voters want to focus on domestic issues, and yet support for defense spending is at its highest level since 9/11.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Donald vs. the Blob
The foreign-policy establishment is backing Hillary Clinton. And that may not be such a bad thing for Trump.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Size Matters for Putin’s Nuclear Arsenal
Russia’s whipping out the biggest nuclear missile the world has ever seen and laying it on the table. Should we feel inferior -- or scared?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The (Con)Fusion of Civilizations
Larry Summers and Kishore Mahbubani think that globalization will eventually lead to world peace. Except that it hasn’t — and probably won’t.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Art Is a Window to the Arab World’s Soul
If you want to understand the Middle East (in Washington, D.C.), ditch the think-tank panels and catch the photo exhibits and hip-hop shows by Arab artists.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Unburying the Dead From the Pentagon’s Afghan Hospital Bombing
The Pentagon has quietly released a report on civilian casualties that it's hoping nobody will notice.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 On Trump, Gefilte Fish, and World Order
The Republican front-runner says America’s foreign policy is terrible — and the portions are too small.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Drones Kill More Civilians Than Pilots Do
For years, the Obama administration has claimed that unmanned aircraft limit collateral damage in the war on terror. The numbers show otherwise.
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US and Afghan soldiers listen to a mission briefing before a combined patrol southwards towards the village of Kandagal in the Pech valley, 16th June 2012 Why Is America So Bad at Promoting Democracy in Other Countries?
There’s no quick, cheap, or military-based way to bring peace to places like Afghanistan, Yemen, and Iraq. It’s time we changed our approach, and we can start at home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Everyone Hates the U.N. (Until They Need It)
How the next U.S. administration can fix America’s dysfunctional relationship with Turtle Bay.