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James Joyner

James Joyner

James Joyner is managing editor of the Atlantic Council and writes at  outsidethebeltway.com

Why Obama Is Right to Withdraw From Afghanistan Early

Why Obama Is Right to Withdraw From Afghanistan Early

Hastening America's exit will be painful, and undercuts years of U.S. efforts, but it's our least bad choice in this doomed war.… More »

Why We Should Be Glad the Haditha Massacre Marine Got No Jail Time

Why We Should Be Glad the Haditha Massacre Marine Got No Jail Time

The staff sergeant's light sentence for his role in a terrible 2005 incident may be disappointing, especially to the victims' families, but the integrity of our justice system won out.… More »

Some Reasons Not to Worry About Republican Foreign-Policy Craziness

Some Reasons Not to Worry About Republican Foreign-Policy Craziness

The 2012 candidates making the worst gaffes are also unlikely to be their party's nominee, let alone president… More »

For Europe, Some Fear a Conflict Between Union and Democracy

For Europe, Some Fear a Conflict Between Union and Democracy

The struggles, setbacks, and perhaps even impossibility of true democratic participation in the European Union… More »

The Changing Definition of 'Conservative'

The Changing Definition of 'Conservative'

Since John McCain's defeat in the 2008 presidential race, the right has rejected the people and ideas it once praised… More »

Romney's Realist Foreign Policy Is a Lot Like Obama's

Romney's Realist Foreign Policy Is a Lot Like Obama's

The Republican presidential hopeful is largely wrong on China but mostly right on dealing with every other part of the world… More »

The Thorniest Question: When Can a President Order an American Killed?

The Thorniest Question: When Can a President Order an American Killed?

A bigger worry than rogue presidents killing Americans willy-nilly is that Americans don't question their leaders on national security… More »

Despite Transatlantic Political and Economic Turmoil, NATO Endures

Despite Transatlantic Political and Economic Turmoil, NATO Endures

The U.S.-European military alliance remains popular on both sides of the ocean… More »

Libya After Qaddafi: Lessons From Iraq 2003

Libya After Qaddafi: Lessons From Iraq 2003

The world was jubilant at the fall of Saddam Hussein -- are we as wrong today as we were then?… More »

Scant Planning for Post-Qaddafi Libya

Scant Planning for Post-Qaddafi Libya

Eager to intervene, NATO has been slow in figuring out what comes next… More »

Is the U.S.-European Relationship Really in Decline?

Is the U.S.-European Relationship Really in Decline?

Economic woes and the grueling war in Afghanistan are complicating the world's most important alliance, but Western powers remain united… More »

How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology

How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology

Since the last realist President, George H.W. Bush, left office, two groups—neoconservatives and liberal interventionists—have overtaken American foreign policy… More »

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