NATO

Why are we still in Afghanistan? Why are we still in Afghanistan?

The country poses no threat to the U.S., but the war costs lives, drains the treasury and makes enemies
  • Should NATO kill Afghan opium traffickers?

    Debate rages in NATO as a top U.S. commander calls for deadly attacks on the drug mafia, not just Taliban insurgents.
  • No more "wars of choice"

    If the Democrats will stop trying to out-hawk the Republicans, the Obama administration can begin rebuilding America's economy and military -- and international image.
  • Blackwater vs. Blackbeard off the coast of Africa

    Europe sends warships to stop pirates off of Somalia while Blackwater offers private security for hire to shipping companies.
  • Putin's dangerous power politics

    As the Russian prime minister escalates a "hot war" in the Caucasus, will Europe and the U.S. intervene?
  • John McCain's tough stance toward Russia

    John McCain and his national security advisor both want to get tough with Russia -- but one of them got paid to say so. Does McCain have another lobbyist problem?
  • Does NATO want out of Afghanistan?

    Behind closed doors a paper has been circulated that may provide the beginnings of an exit strategy.
  • The collapse of Bush's foreign policy

    From Turkey to Iraq to Pakistan, the mounting chaos proves the White House is just winging it.
  • John Kerry, international man of mystery?

    By wrecking the Western alliance, President Bush has paved the way for a President Kerry to rebuild it.
  • Wesley Clark: Restore unity with Europe

    The Democratic candidate says Bush's token alliances with Tonga and the Marshall Islands are no substitute for key European allies in the global fight against terror.
  • Europe's new world order

    The streets are jammed with protesters. Governments are at risk of falling. Analysts say Europe is ready for a break from the U.S. that could reshape global relations for years to come.
  • Europe's declaration of independence

    Frustrated with the warmongering and arrogance of the Bush White House, Germany and France are making a historic break with the U.S. Relations may never be the same.
  • Wolf in sheep's clothing

    Deputy Defense Secretary Wolfowitz was in San Francisco to indict Saddam Hussein. But despite growing impatience, he provided no evidence.
  • Taming the bear

    Strobe Talbott says Clinton deserves much credit for Russia's warming to the West -- and recalls a drunken Yeltsin calling for pizza in his underpants.
  • "We are all Americans"

    With the news that several hijackers studied in Hamburg, Germans throw their support behind Bush, and the tensions of his early months in office melt away -- for now.
  • Radioactive fallout

    Did exposure to American depleted-uranium-tipped weapons cause the cancer deaths of some European peacekeepers who served in the Balkans?
  • Election offensive

    Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has called presidential elections for later this month, but his actions show he intends to hold on to power.
  • Gray lady down

    The sinking of the Kursk raises questions about the safety of Russia's nuclear submarines.
  • They think I'm a spy!

    An American in Belgrade finds that real life isn't nearly as interesting as the one her Serbian neighbors imagine for her.
  • Paranoid city

    Belgrade is gripped by rumors that NATO is about to begin bombing again.
  • Payoffs, fear and bloody conflict

    With his usual bag of dirty tricks, Slobodan Milosevic looks to be preparing Serbia to reelect him.
  • A "boneheaded" bombing

    A former Army intelligence officer claims he knows what the CIA meant to hit when it hit the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.
  • Kosovo culture clash

    War criminals in the former Yugoslavia are getting a free ride from French and American peacekeepers.
  • Arianna Huffington is dead wrong

    In her unbelievable defense of the Serbs, the syndicated columnist condones the massacre of innocent civilians by the Serbs.
  • A peace that's about to explode

    As more than 10,000 NATO troops prepare to leave Bosnia, the Clinton administration is simply hoping stability will last until Election Day.
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