Key members of the administration’s National Security team—Deputy Secretary Lynn and Secretary Clinton among them—and key congressional leaders have expressed support for a National Security Budget that would allow the overall balance of resources devoted to military forces, homeland security and non-military international affairs to be considered as an integrated whole.
The Pentagon is insatiable. Here’s how to cut off its food supply.
Dismantling the nation’s energy industry in the name of “structural reform” does little to help growing poverty and joblessness.
Obama’s plans for change in defense spending are still mostly unrealized.
Obama needs to shift away from his predecessor and usher in a new era of U.S. security policy.
A new report finds military hardware we don’t need isn’t as great for job creation as advertised.
We need to start viewing climate change as both a security and environmental challenge.
It’s time to apply pay-as-you-go spending to the military budget.
The Obama administration can do better on Africa policy.
Barack Obama dominates his Republican rivals here in the United States, but against Cuba it’s nearly impossible to claim the moral high ground.
Even though white privilege and racist socioeconomic orders in Latin America are different than those found in the United States, the deconstruction of the racial divide is something needed throughout the hemisphere.
Why terrorists and pirates aren’t about to team up any time soon.
Pyongyang can extend its 15 minutes of international attention by following its demonstration of power with a show of diplomacy.
Few Americans realize just how incredibly little our nation’s wealthy now pay in taxes. Our grandparents seriously taxed the rich. Why can’t we?
The hard-earned income taxes of ordinary citizens are paying for the bloated, unearned paychecks of bailout CEOs.