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Will Putin’s bad-boy routine help Obama, Kerry see the light?

If there’s one good thing to come out of the Crimea crisis so far – if that’s possible – it’s that Russia’s land-grab may have roused Team Obama from its strategic slumber about emerging big power threats. Startled by the Kremlin’s unexpected wake-up call, maybe now the White House will …

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Ukraine, Venezuela and the folly of Obama's 'no war' doctrine

Editor’s note: The following op-ed originally appeared on the Spanish language site www.elmed.io. President Obama’s rationale for not getting involved in conflicts around the world has been a consistent political argument: the American people are tired of war, he says. In fact, candidate Obama campaigned on the fact that he …

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Why Dennis Kozlowski's case matters to all of us

For the first time since September of 2005, Dennis Kozlowski will wake up on January 18 a free man. There will be no more prison uniforms and none of the strip searches that have been part of his life for many years. Remember Kozlowski? He’s the former CEO of Tyco …

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