The Other Guantanamo
While Gitmo gets most of the ink, the U.S. base on Diego Garcia quietly prepares for a role in staging a possible attack on Iran.
Shape Up and Ship Out
How the Pentagon can cut the military budget and still keep us safe.
The Candidates and India
Indians seem to have gone ga-ga over the Democrats.
The Andean Crisis
In seven days, the Andean region went from the brink of war to a grudging peace. But as columnist Laura Carlsen reports, all is still not well.
Guantanamo: The Bigger Picture
The case for shutting down not just the prison, but the military base where it sits.
The Pacific and Not-So-Pacific Oceans
Caught between countering threats and promoting maritime cooperation, Japan and the United States have worked together to build regional approaches to terrorism and piracy.
The China Syndrome
The bulk of the enormous U.S. military budget is earmarked not for fighting terrorism but for the next cold war.
Letting Go of Musharraf
Its time for Washington to wake up and smell the elections.
In the Dragons Lair
Although the United States closed its bases in the Philippines in 1991, it has nevertheless managed to deepen its military presence and intervention in the islands.
Challenging a Unipolar World
The United States is still the big dog on the block, columnist Conn Hallinan argues, but it can no longer just bark to get its way.
Nukes and the Elections
Forget haircuts and space aliens, Frida Berrigan writes. The media and the candidates should be talking about real issues, like the potential end of the world.
Islam and Pakistan
Religion has permeated the history and politics of Pakistan. Now its time, Najum Mushtaq argues, to keep religion out of it.
How Not to Handle Nuclear Security
If the United States cant secure its own nuclear complex, why expect Pakistan to do it any better?
Revisiting Intelligence Reform
Congress and the next president must take U.S. intelligence agencies away from the Pentagon and put them under civilian control.
Plan Mexico
Two men, a plan, an alliance: disaster. Columnist Laura Carlsen reports on the next phase of U.S.-Mexican relations.