Security – Page 20 – Schirach Report

No US Boots On the Ground In Iraq Why does the US proclaim in advance what it will not do in the conduct of a critical military operation? It is all about domestic politics

WASHINGTON – “We’ve learned about the limits of our power to spread freedom and democracy. That’s one big lesson...

WASHINGTON – So, “Did Obama lose Iraq”? Is it Obama’s fault that a country once at the center of US...

WASHINGTON – I recently argued that Obama’s military intervention in Iraq, (through air strikes, no ground troops), lacks conviction,...

WASHINGTON – What I read in President Obama’s choice of words and demeanor in announcing this new US military engagement...

WASHINGTON – Trying to do good, we may often make a bad situation a lot worse. Back in 1950...

WASHINGTON – A few weeks ago I wrote that Ukraine should cut its losses by letting its Eastern provinces...

WASHINGTON – America and the European Union finally came up with serious economic sanctions against Russia, as a way to...

WASHINGTON – America’s ability to exploit and use abundant domestic energy –shale oil and gas– has to be celebrated....

WASHINGTON – Sadly, there is a hopeless circularity in the reasons produced by both sides for the never-ending Israeli-Palestinian conflict....

WASHINGTON – In a recent editorial, (Stop the rockets, but lift the siege, July 20th, 2014), The Economist provides thoughtful...