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Too many target errors: Use of drones as lethal weapons should be banned

America's parting drone attack in Afghanistan, which killed an aid worker and his family, is emblematic of the entire drone war

Afghanistan needs immediate support, physical cash. Inaction is untenable

The Taliban's cruelties are horrendous, but withholding international support and maintaining blanket sanctions will only hurt the long-suffering Afghan people.

Might of the generals: the US military has way too much money and power

The military stood up to Donald Trump. Who will now stand up to the military?

US can help improve global security by closing its military bases abroad

The United States has withdrawn its troops from Afghanistan. Only 750 military bases to go.

September 11 and the debacle of 'nation-building' in Iraq and Afghanistan

Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.

On 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, America is an unreliable superpower

The US was still riding high in the aftermath of the end of the Cold War in 2000. Today, it is one major power among many.

Democracy promoter USA's ideals at risk from rise of far right in country

Democracy promotion-it was supposed to be a method by which the United States remade the world to look more like us

In ending the war in Afghanistan, Biden leaves door open for war on terror

In ending the war in Afghanistan, Biden left the door open for more "counterterrorism" - with serious implications for our foreign policy, politics, and legal system

Not just Afghanistan; you can find Taliban wherever people reject modernity

Afghanistan is not the only place at risk of takeover by extremists

Delta variant of politics: Far right jumps on anti-vaccination bandwagon

Today's far right is not conservative: it detests the state and prefers vigilante justice.

Hardliner Raisi's win in Iran election may turn out be good news for Biden

The cleric may be push a deal on Iran's nuclear programme more effectively than reformists.

'No first use' of nuclear weapons goes halfway; aim for no nuclear weapons

If only first use is prohibited, it stands to reason that second or third or fourth use is permitted.

US is bracing for a surge of Trumpism in twilight of Covid-19 pandemic

While most Americans go about their calmer post-Trumpian lives under the Biden administration, a significant number of their fellow citizens live in a different reality.

Gaining in conflict, Netanyahu may emerge victorious in Israeli politics

Operation Cast Lead was supposed to eliminate the offensive capabilities of Hamas the Palestinian political faction that had taken over Gaza the year before.

Immigrants are a gift: Germany learns from solution for birth rate crisis

It's useful to bear the German experience in mind as the US again tackles its 'immigration crisis'.

Could Joe Biden's climate change policy lead to more militarism?

Climate change poses an existential threat. That doesn't mean we should further empower an already bloated Pentagon

Falling oil prices, raging pandemic have exposed weaknesses of the wealthy

Covid-19 is not the Black Death, but its impact may be civilizational, weakening the mighty, raising up the modest, and rearranging axes of power across the globe

Big tech's dominance around the globe is something to be worried about

Facebook and Google's dominance of developing-world markets has had catastrophic effects. US regulators should take note

From Trump to Duterte: How Covid-19 is spelling end of so-called autocrats

Donald Trump in the United States, Viktor Orbán in Hungary, Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines, and others were seen as taking advantage of the crisis to advance their me-first agendas

How coronavirus pandemic could turn world politics on its head

Trust is the fuel that makes global institutions run. And it looks as though we've passed Peak Trust