Author Archive

Jamie Tarabay

Defense

Global Opportunity Costs: How the Iraq War Undermined U.S. Influence

The war took its toll in blood and money, but it also damaged American diplomacy.

Oversight

Obama signs debt deal, turns to job creation

To all those caught up in the frenzy of the debt-ceiling fight in Washington these past few weeks, it seemed like a moment of relief, but it was only the “first step,” as Obama called it.

Defense

Washington loses patience with counterinsurgency in Afghanistan

It isn’t just people who are dying in Afghanistan. So is an entire concept of war.