Christine Ann Hurd / February 11, 2012 7:48 pm
The title of former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s memoirs–Known and Unknown–is appropriate of almost any position that requires making decisions based on predictions. In national security matters, especially during war-time as in Afghanistan and Iraq, there will be good intelligence and bad intelligence, and Clausewitz’s concept of ‘fog of war‘ can confuse even the most prescient of individuals. Rumsfeld’s memoir presents a well-researched defense of his decisions in the midst of that fog.
Ross Svenson / October 23, 2011 4:26 pm
Missing W? This Republican field can make a liberal downright sentimental.
Naji Filali / October 4, 2011 8:27 pm
President Obama has been way more interventionist than Candidate Obama said he would be.
Eric Hendey / October 21, 2010 5:02 pm
10/21/10, 5:02 PM: I’m sitting in the CGIS Tsai Auditorium right now, watching Hersh’s lecture. This live blog attempts an accurate representation on his views. His main point is that Obama, who was elected as a candidate of “change”, has not strayed much from the trail of the Bush Doctrine. Seymour Hersh, one of America’s most well-known investigative journalists, is ... Read More
Will Rafey / June 1, 2010 11:59 am
The politics of an unpopular policy
Peyton Miller / May 29, 2010 6:21 pm
Just before its Memorial Day recess, the House passed a bill that, according to The New York Times, would raise the taxes that investment managers pay on carried interest, just at the moment new long-term investment is most needed. General executive partners of long-term investment partnerships, including investments in real estate, venture capital, private equity, and other investments, are paid ... Read More
Alec Barrett / May 25, 2010 12:55 pm
Two sci-fi allegories provoke unjust criticism
Amy Beeson / May 17, 2010 11:58 pm
American faith-based organizations and the politics of belief
Jeffrey Lerman / April 17, 2010 2:41 pm
A legal and historical defense of the Bush administration
Jeffrey Lerman / December 20, 2009 11:07 pm
The uncertain state of modern conservatism
Ben Wilcox / December 20, 2009 11:07 pm
A new perspective on the Iraq war
Stephanie Louis / November 24, 2009 4:52 am
Brett McGurk on American Counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan
John He / November 24, 2009 4:35 am
States gaining voice on drug laws When Richard Nixon declared a “War on Drugs” in June 1971, he had little idea that he was also engaging Washington in a war with the states. In the decades since, the federal government has frequently asserted its primacy over the states on drug laws, despite the opposition of states-rights proponents. California began ... Read More
Jonathan Yip and Tom Dan / November 17, 2009 1:39 am
Reforming foreign aid at home In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, President George W. Bush made a sweeping commitment to global economic development. In early 2002, he declared, “We fight against poverty because hope is an answer to terror. We fight against poverty because opportunity is a fundamental right to human dignity.” Development was to be a vital ... Read More
Casey Thomson / November 7, 2009 7:43 pm
Protest music for a new generation The anniversary of Woodstock has come and gone, and with it scores of revitalized folk records and overused tie-dye designs. Many years have passed since the anti-Vietnam movement flooded the streets of America, and time has brought international conflict, economic downturns, and changes in the ideology of our political leaders. The question left in ... Read More
