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The greatest force at work in America's capital is inertia.

Resetting America's military.

What Shakespeare, Lincoln, and 
"Lone Survivor" teach us about the danger 
of refusing to confront futility in war.

How sprawling megacities -- from Lagos to Mumbai -- might just save the world.

The service's plan to revamp itself for the post-post-9/11 world is ambiguous and rife with contradiction. That's what makes it brilliant.

How a frigid no man's land became one of the most hotly contested territories on Earth. 

The United States has spent $1 billion on a weapon that 
has no mission. And started an arms race with China in the process.

How hardship makes children grow up faster -- literally.

How to shake off those regrets -- no Lady Macbeth routine required.

Why America's global dominance in military technology is starting to crumble.

What a peek inside America's prisons can tell us about U.S.-Iran relations.

The former U.S. Treasury secretary on China's economy, bitcoin, and the problem with new ideas.

Israel says it wants to lift its Bedouin citizens out of poverty. But it keeps demolishing their villages.

Could the new Pakistani government’s pursuit of the country’s former dictator be its own undoing?

How Russia's president morphed from realist to ideologue -- and what he'll do next.