The Military Isn't Going to Change Anytime Soon
Jobs, reputations, and institutional memory are just some of the reasons why the armed forces are hard to restructure, regardless of what Hagel might promise. More »
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James Joyner is managing editor of the Atlantic Council and writes at outsidethebeltway.com
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The struggles, setbacks, and perhaps even impossibility of true democratic participation in the European Union More »
Since John McCain's defeat in the 2008 presidential race, the right has rejected the people and ideas it once praised More »
The Republican presidential hopeful is largely wrong on China but mostly right on dealing with every other part of the world More »
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Economic woes and the grueling war in Afghanistan are complicating the world's most important alliance, but Western powers remain united More »
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