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Like history itself, American democracy is a process. There is no definite beginning and certainly no definite end. Since its inception, the details of its implementation have changed by leaps and bou...

Despite the Chinese invasion of Tibet and subsequent cultural oppression of the Tibetan people, Tibetans have maintained the richness of their cultural heritage.

In both the 5th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution, it is stated (with minor wording differences between the two Amendments) that no state shall deprive any person of "life, liberty...

The Freedom of Information Act was a measured effort to legislate some sort of common sense into the way the American government balances the notions of openness and secrecy.

The courts have decided, for practical reasons, to weaken the 4th amendment protections of the American people. Should we care?

America's vast system of bureaucracy is unconstitutional - yet our courts have allowed the bureaucracy to thrive, simply because they can't think of another option.

If you want to stay informed about America's current wars - or, more importantly, about its future ones - you must visit http://www.antiwar.com/ on a regular basis

During the civil war in the former Yugoslavia in the early- to mid-nineties, the United States became militarily involved, even though the conflict had nothing directly to do with American interests a...

Isolationists believe that America should be deeply involved in international trade and diplomacy as long as that involvement does not lead America unnecessarily into foreign wars.

From this perspective, if the US government had intervened earlier in many foreign conflicts, America's national security would have been much greater as a result.

From the viewpoints of the participants, the civil war in the former Yugoslavia that led to its breakup between 1991 and 1995 was completely rational. Likewise, the escalation of the conflict was rat...

In the hopeful aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Western world was shocked that a European country such as Yugoslavia could collapse so violently. However, due to a number of factors ...

The breakup of Yugoslavia, which eventually led to hundreds of thousands of deaths and the displacement of millions, should have been expected well before it happened.

Between March 1992 and November 1995, the Former Republic of Yugoslavia broke up violently in a devastating civil war, leading to the current nations of Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia.

When NATO intervened in Kosovo to stop ethnic cleansing, it acted on assumptions that were dangerously flawed. It can reasonably be said that the international community applied the wrong lessons fro...

The Dayton settlement, which formally ended the armed conflict in Bosnia, has been the subject of much debate ever since it was created. Like most constitutions and peace agreements, Dayton had some m...

Dealing with the past is one of the hardest things to do. For people in a region like the former Yugoslavia who very recently suffered through a horrendous war in which all sides committed horrendous ...

I work as a staffer in the United States Senate. One important thing sets me apart from the crowd, however, as it has for my entire life: I have Asperger's Syndrome, a form of Autism.

One does not have to agree with Osama bin Laden in order to understand him, but understand him we must-for his war is now ours as well.

We - the American people - want our government to have the necessary tools to protect us in the War on Terror, but we worry that the current structure and scope of the NSA program is incompatible with...

At its most basic level, Control Room is a film about the Arab satellite TV station Al Jazeera during the early stages of the Iraq War.