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“Cut and Invest” vs. Austerity

President Obama’s new budget attempts to define a progressive alternative to conservative demands for a politics of austerity. Having just returned from a gathering of…

Top 10 Mistakes Candidates Make on National Security

Editor’s note: This item is cross-posted from Truman’s Doctrine Blog. With the Fourth of July coming up there are a lot of politicians talking about national…

Reflecting on 9/11 from the New York Mayor’s office

Mark Ribbing, PPI’s former Director of Policy Development, was a senior speechwriter for New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on September 11, 2001. Here’s how he…

What the President Should Say on Afghanistan

Here’s a message that President Obama would do well to tell to the American people tonight: Good evening, my fellow Americans. The last time I…

What’s Next For Al Qaeda? The Crucial Coming Months.

During his 60 Minutes interview Sunday night, President Obama underscored the point that Seal Team 6 collected a “treasure trove” of information that could prove…

Keep Pressure on the Taliban

President Obama is justifiably proud of having fulfilled his campaign vow to settle accounts with Osama bin Laden. But he might want to dial back…

The Death of a Terrorist

President Obama’s dramatic announcement last night that U.S. intelligence and security forces finally caught up with Osama bin Laden was deeply satisfying. Bin Laden picked…

Wingnut Watch: Responding to the Death of bin Laden

Conservative reaction to the president’s announcement of the killing of Osama bin Laden has been relatively, perhaps even surprisingly, positive, given the standard view of…

Making Sense of North Korea

While a revolutionary wave in the Middle East has captivated most of our attention recently, the Korean peninsula remains volatile. In recent months, North Korea…

Kerry Challenges Obama on North Korea

A rift seems to have opened between the Obama administration and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on the ever-sensitive…