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Pardoning a man who has illegally used racial profiling to round up Latinos could send a message to law enforcement that aggressive tactics are OK by the president.
His particular brand of foolery is proving highly effective – and destructive.
Without a legitimate government, Afghanistan will never be stable … no matter how many terrorists are killed.
In Afghanistan, geopolitics are thorny, relationships are key and patience is strategy. The US president has outlined a decent plan, but can he see it through?
Donald Trump’s speech on “principled realism” in Afghanistan contained few surprises. Now, under the aegis of DOD chief Mattis it is the latest stage in America’s “forever war.”
The man reportedly in talks with the Trump administration has a vision of setting up something akin to the East India Company in Afghanistan.
President Donald Trump has upped the ante in America’s longest-running war, but it is not clear whether an all-guns-blazing strategy will bring the long-running conflict any nearer to a conclusion. In…
We have an ethical obligation to stand against fascists and racists in a way that doesn’t help them.
Trump’s former chief strategist has returned to his media roots. And he has more than a few grudges.
The North Korean regime has lashed out at Australia, describing its participation in current military exercises with the US and South Korea as ‘a suicidal act of inviting disaster’.
Two genocide and mass atrocity prevention scholars argue Trump’s response to the Charlottesville attack is a red flag.
Trump is a master of using anger to motivate his base. An anti-terrorism researcher explains how to stem the tide.
Making self-interest seem normal and a commitment to fairness an elite aberration has been a long-term project.
East London collective Boy Blue Entertainment have taken their provocative show to the Edinburgh International Festival.
A former Department of Defense and State Department official explains why a hardline approach on North Korea will likely fail, as it did with Iran.
Media pundits are promoting Canada as exceptional in its tolerance and diversity but the truth is, Canadians have a tendency not to be not less racist than Americans, but to be less loud about it.
Robert E. Lee is one of the most memorialised figures of the American civil war. Here’s why that causes so much anger.
In international relations, words matter – and so does the credibility of the speaker.
Having stoked white resentment for his own benefit throughout his campaign, Trump is still emboldening it.
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