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The LWOT: U.S. releases bin Laden videos; AQIM lauds bin Laden

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 10, 2011

The LWOT: Al-Qaeda acknowledges bin Laden death

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 6, 2011

Freedom From Fear

Now that he's accomplished the central aim of George W. Bush's foreign policy, Barack Obama can finally get started on his own.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 5, 2011

Freedom #Fail

Why we shouldn't expect Facebook and its Silicon Valley peers to act in the world's best interests.

BY JILLIAN C. YORK | APRIL 29, 2011

Hope Dies Last in Damascus

Will Bashar al-Assad's brutal crackdown on his citizens finally put an end to a decade of wishful thinking about the Syrian president?

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 29, 2011

How America Must Respond to the Massacre in Syria

It’s time for President Obama to back up his rhetoric with firm action. The first step: Recall the U.S. ambassador from Damascus.

BY MARCO RUBIO | APRIL 28, 2011

The LWOT: Massive cache of Gitmo docs released

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 26, 2011

America's Free Trade Moment

Why the United States must sign three pending free trade agreements -- or risk losing its place in the global economy.

BY ORRIN HATCH | APRIL 18, 2011

The LWOT: Pakistan arrests two Frenchmen for terror involvement

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 15, 2011

The Y Article

The Pentagon's secret plan to slash its own budget.

BY JOHN NORRIS | APRIL 13, 2011

The War on Soft Power

Even the U.S. military doesn't want to cut the State Department and foreign aid budget. So why is Congress playing a dangerous game with America's global influence?

BY JOSEPH S. NYE JR. | APRIL 12, 2011

How Not to Declare a War

The Obama administration's legal rationale for bombing Libya suggests that while George W. Bush may be gone, the imperial presidency isn't.

BY SCOTT HORTON | APRIL 11, 2011

The Constitutional Clock Is Ticking on Obama's War

There's no question about it: The president must ask Congress to approve the Libya intervention. So why is Obama resisting?

BY BRUCE ACKERMAN, OONA HATHAWAY | APRIL 6, 2011

The LWOT: 9/11 plotters to be tried at Guantánamo

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 5, 2011

A Decade of Wishful Thinking

Western policymakers and pundits tried for years to convince themselves that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was a reformer. He's not.

APRIL 4, 2011

The LWOT: New data released on FBI terror investigations; Saudi accused of terror plot pleads not guilty

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 29, 2011

Did 'The Israel Lobby' Change Anything?

Five years after.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | MARCH 25, 2011

The LWOT: DOJ announces relaxed Miranda rules; Alleged white supremacist indicted over Spokane bomb

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 25, 2011

Obama's Unconstitutional War

By unilaterally going to war against Libya, Obama is bringing America closer to the imperial presidency than Bush ever did.

BY BRUCE ACKERMAN | MARCH 24, 2011

The LWOT: Awlaki-linked terror plotter sentenced to 30 years in prison; Brennan hits out at administration critics

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 22, 2011

The LWOT: DOJ indicts Canadian in NY Subway plot; Lawmakers and lawyers spar over Gitmo

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 18, 2011

The LWOT: Musharraf says Britain was complicit in torture; Domestic terrorism arrest made in Alaska

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 15, 2011

Proceed With Caution

The perils of trusting the United Nations.

BY TOM PRICE | MARCH 14, 2011

The LWOT: King hearings open with emotion, rancor; Man with white supremacist ties arrested in Spokane bomb attempt

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 11, 2011

Peter King's Witch Hunt

Congress's anti-terrorism hearings risk tarring the entire Muslim American community.

BY SUHAIL A. KHAN | MARCH 9, 2011

The LWOT: Obama lifts Gitmo trials freeze, signs indefinite detention order

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 8, 2011

The LWOT: Gunman kills two U.S. Airmen at Frankfurt Airport; Two NJ men plead guilty to attempting to join al-Shabaab

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 4, 2011

Cairo 1.5

The Arab world that Barack Obama addressed in his famous speech two years ago is history. It's time for him to speak to the new one.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 4, 2011

The LWOT: British court convicts Awlaki-linked terror plotter; Texas terror suspect to plead not guilty

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 1, 2011

The LWOT: FBI arrests Saudi in alleged terrorism plot; Chesser gets 25 years in prison

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 25, 2011