In the "graveyard of empires," we are fighting a war we can win.

The main challenge is to overcome years of chronic neglect in terms of economic development, government services, and above all security.

Donald Rumsfeld’s departure from the Pentagon will alter the transformation of the American military. Much of Rumsfeld’s transformation program rested on a technologically deterministic understanding of war, and the Iraq war has shown that the path to victory cannot always be paved with Joint Strike Fighters. Finding the right course...

Regime actually describes an entire system of government. And if the American regime is imperial only when Republicans are in power, then it's not a serious claim, it's just a convenient and partisan slander.

As the fifth anniversary of September 11th approaches, the United States must reevaluate the state of its national security. With all eyes on the Middle East, what progress has been made in the global war on terror? Is America safer now than it was five years ago? Is intelligence information...

The Obama administration could evaporate the confusion over its position on Egypt by directly stating his support for the cause of the protesters and by threatening to cut its aid to the government.

The new dawn in Egypt will require active engagement by the administration to bolster pro-democratic secular forces over more radical Islamist elements.