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The realist case for punishing Syria is just as strong as the moral one

The CIA's Afghanistan bribes join a long and storied genre

Even before chemical weapons were used, there was a refugee crisis. Why won't the president act?

Why Asma Al Assad is the perfect dictator’s wife for the twenty-first century

How a team of sneaky librarians duped Al Qaeda

Should the U.S. ban Russians implicated in Sergei Magnitsky's death?

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Margaret Thatcher's fluctuating foreign policy

How Seoul handles Washington and Pyongyang's war games

What will happen to Venezuela now that the caudillo is dead?

The extreme perils of motherhood in Sierra Leone