The Roma Tragedy September 22, 2010Alvaro Vargas LlosaWashington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON—With Europe’s socioeconomic model in a state of decrepitude and the continent gripped by a crisis of confidence in the […]
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Author: Ivan Eland
Is Dick Cheney Unpatriotic?
Is Dick Cheney Unpatriotic? January 6, 2010Ivan Eland Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been railing against President Barack Obama for being weak-kneed on terrorism and failing to interdict the BVD […]
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Learning the Wrong Lessons From the Attempted Bombing
Learning the Wrong Lessons From the Attempted Bombing December 30, 2009Ivan Eland The botched attempt by a Nigerian, apparently trained in Yemen by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, to conduct a […]
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Trying to Reduce Our Only Existential Threat
Trying to Reduce Our Only Existential Threat December 23, 2009Ivan Eland Attempting to make good on his pledge to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in the U.S. and other nations’ […]
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Obama’s Peace Prize Continues Tradition of Dubious Choices
Obama’s Peace Prize Continues Tradition of Dubious Choices December 16, 2009Ivan Eland President Barack Obama has been primarily criticized for winning the Nobel Peace Prize so early in his term that […]
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More ‘Corruption’ Is Needed in Afghanistan
More ‘Corruption’ Is Needed in Afghanistan December 9, 2009Ivan Eland One of the reasons why most counterinsurgency campaigns fail is that they’re run by foreign occupiers who don’t know the culture […]
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Pay for the War, or Just Call It Off?
Pay for the War, or Just Call It Off? December 2, 2009Ivan Eland Congressman David Obey (D-Wis.), the powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and an opponent of President Barack […]
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Obama’s Wrong Road in Afghanistan
Obama's Wrong Road in Afghanistan December 1, 2009Ivan ElandMcClatchy-Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sacramento Bee, Columbia Daily Tribune, Vindicator, Minneapolis Star Tribune Sounding a bit like John Kerry during the […]
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Government Terrorism Lists Are a Holiday Turkey
Government Terrorism Lists Are a Holiday Turkey November 25, 2009Ivan Eland As the holiday travel season rolls around again, the government’s terrorism watch list and no-fly list get ever more bizarre. […]
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Civilian Trials for 9/11 Suspects Aren’t Enough
Civilian Trials for 9/11 Suspects Aren’t Enough November 18, 2009Ivan Eland The Obama administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and four alleged […]
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