“The War to End All Wars” is a phrase describing the First World War, typically invoked when someone wants to mock the self-assured sense of destiny of European observers in 1914. After all, the unprecedented bloodshed of the First World ...

Is it ethical for the US to arm Syrian rebel groups in a humanitarian intervention effort to combat the Islamic State? Guest Contributor: Amanda Schmitt “There’s no negotiating with ISIL [and]nothing to negotiate,” asserted Secretary of State John Kerry in ...

How the Department of State entered Libya and exacerbated yet another post-revolutionary crisis Although you probably did a double take when news broke that the politician who lost to George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election is now handling ...