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Politics, War & Security

The Conceit of American Indispensability

As both politicians and historians mine the 1940s for alternate visions of international order, we must guard against the presumption that the United States remains the benevolent center of global politics.

Sam Klug

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War & Security

Global Justice, Politics

America’s Refugee Debt

It is time for the United States to take responsibility for the war it encouraged in Syria.

Aziz Z. Huq

Politics, War & Security

Assassinating Terrorists Does Not Work

It creates more violent terrorists and leaves no one who can talk peace.

Alex de Waal

Global Justice, Politics

Half a Loaf

In Israel and Palestine, two states are still better than one.

Assaf Sharon

Global Justice, Philosophy & Religion

The Growing Orthodox Threat to Israeli Democracy

It is becoming impossible to ignore the growing theocratic elements in a nation that sees itself as the only democracy in the Middle East.

Elad Uzan

Politics, War & Security

Executive Secrecy

If we want to check presidential power—and check it we must—then it is essential that we resist claims to executive secrecy.

William Howell, Mariah Zeisberg

Science & Nature, War & Security

Justice and Warfare in Cyberspace

The Department of Defense's Cyber Strategy Memorandum

Lisa Lucile Owens

Global Justice, War & Security

Protecting (Violent) Protest

The legacy of the Gaza flotilla incident, five years later.

Itamar Mann

Politics, War & Security

How the Truth About Palestine Won Netanyahu the Israeli Election

Rebranding their party as "center-left," Israel's labor leaders distance themselves from the

Omri Boehm

Arts in Society, War & Security

The Jerusalem Forest

Serving in the Israeli army as a foreign volunteer.

J. A. Bernstein

Politics, War & Security

Netanyahu Is Right: U.S.-Israel Relations Are Here to Stay

“Reports of the demise of Israeli-U.S. relations are not only premature, they’re just wrong.” It is hard to disagree.

Simon Waxman

Law & Justice, Politics

Don't Defund, Just Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security

Republicans are right to obstruct funding for DHS—but they're doing it for the wrong reasons.

Tom Barry

Arts in Society, War & Security

American Sniper: Patriotism Is Personal

Patriotism, as brilliant as the gold tridents pounded into a SEAL’s coffin lid, outshines all flaws.

Judith Levine

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