Ghosts of Balkans Haunt Ukraine
By James Kitfield Rare is the diplomatic crisis that is bungled by all sides. You have to go back all the way back to the initial breakup of Yugoslavia and the Balkans crisis of the…
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Is Era of American Militarism Ending?
By James Kitfield When President Barack Obama spoke from the White House last September to rally a war-weary nation behind limited strikes against Syria, the vast power he wielded as commander-in-chief seemed more curse than blessing.…
Can Another ‘Anbar Miracle’ Save Iraq?
By James Kitfield To defeat al-Qaeda’s most dangerous offspring and stave off another civil war, Iraq’s government hopes to repeat the “Anbar Miracle.” Also known as the “Sunni Awakening,” that rebellion of the Sunni tribes against…