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The vast and bloated leviathan of government seems to be finding itself beached all over the world. California is virtually facing a budgetary...

Bruce Walker August 2, 2010

WikiLeaks Documents Reveal Extent of Pakistani ISI Activity in Afghanistan

Dennis Behreandt July 28, 2010

Officials in the United States may be considering Pfc. Bradley Manning as a "person of interest" in their investigation into the leaked Afghan...

No Real Justice for the Killing Fields

Bruce Walker July 28, 2010

Reuters reported that a United Nations tribunal has tried and sentenced Kaing Guek Eav, the first Khmer Rouge commander to face charges of...

England Plans to Decentralize Healthcare

Raven Clabough July 27, 2010

In a speech given in England on July 1, 2008, then-president of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement David Berwick, who is now Chief...

Singing With the Spies: Putin’s Image Makers Strike Again

William F. Jasper July 27, 2010

What's next for Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin? A guest appearance as a celebrity contestant on Dancing With the Stars? If so, there...

UN Command Reprimands North Korea Over Truce Violation

July 23, 2010

An AP report noted that colonels from the United Nations Command (UNC) — the agency responsible for carrying out the terms and conditions...

Korea Condemns U.S. Naval Exercises With South

July 22, 2010

AFP news reported on July 22 that a spokesman for the North Korean delegation at the ASEAN security talks in Hanoi has condemned...

CFR President Richard Haass: Do Less in Afghanistan

Thomas R. Eddlem July 22, 2010

Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass has penned a cover story for Newsweek magazine calling for a smaller U.S. presence in Afghanistan,...

Clinton Announces New U.S. Sanctions On North Korea

July 21, 2010

Speaking at a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on July 21 that the United States will...

Conference Backs Karzai Plan for Afghan-led Security by 2014

July 20, 2010

International leaders meeting at a conference held at the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 20 renewed their commitment to turn...