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November 11, 2018

United States
Thanking America’s Veterans

Today is Veterans Day. Americans first celebrated it on November 11, 1919, one year to the day after the end of the conflict they knew as the Great War and we (regrettably) know today as World War I…

Vets Day 2018

June 28, 2011

International Law
Qaddafi’s Arrest Warrant: The False Peace-Justice Tradeoff

ICC chief prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo arrives at a news conference to comment on the arrest warrant issued for Libyan leader Qaddafi in The Hague (Jerry Lampen/ Courtesy Reuters). Monday’s decision…

Qaddafi’s Arrest Warrant: The False Peace-Justice Tradeoff

October 18, 2021

United States
Colin Powell: An American Life

Colin Powell’s extraordinary career as a soldier-statesman provides a model for how to live one’s life in the public arena at a time few such models can be found.

Secretary of State Colin Powell listens as President Bush speaks on trade promotion authority at the Department of State.

August 17, 2010

Indonesia
Indonesia: Winning on Terror, but not on Tolerance

Last week, Indonesia arrested Abu Bakir Basyir, the most prominent militant cleric in the country, and a man believed to be the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah and its offshoots. The government…

Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is escorted by the police as he arrives at the police headquarters in Jakarta

January 5, 2012

United States
Remembering the Eisenhower Doctrine

A portrait of U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served from 1953-1961 (Courtesy Reuters). Today marks the fifty-fifth anniversary of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s speech enunciating what c…

Remembering the Eisenhower Doctrine