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Americans angry at getting patted down in airports should look in the mirror. After all, they're the ones that keep putting interventionist presidents in office.

Military Spending Does Not Equal National Security

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You can buy a nice, big, shiny military, but you can't purchase national security.

China Shops at Pottery Barn

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China has let North Korea off the hook one-too-many times. Now it's their problem.
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Déjà Vu on the Korean Peninsula

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South Korea and China are more than capapble of putting out geopolitical fires in their backyard.

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START Soon, But Not Yet

Dov S. Zakheim

Having the lame-duck Senate ratify the New START arms-control agreement would be an insult to the Russians.

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A Still Leaner Pentagon

Benjamin H. Friedman

Budget task forces produce recommendations that look nice on paper. But one man's inefficiency is another man's essential security program.

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Mexico Bleeds over the Border

Ted Galen Carpenter

More than just culture is seeping into U.S. border towns. How Arizona became the kidnapping capital of the world, second only to Mexico City.

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Global Gridlock in Miniature

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The APEC summit was a just foreshadowing of the worldwide diplomatic and economic traffic jam to come.

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The invasive . . . TSA procedures . . . are only the most recent examples of the hatred America earns when U.S. political leaders—contra the Founders—attempt to define America by what we do abroad.
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November 25, 2010