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From Afghanistan to Syria, an anemic U.S. civilian effort

May. 06, 2013 - 06:31AM JST ( 3 )

After helping coordinate the American civilian aid efforts in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Libya, Mark Ward arrived in Turkey last year to oversee the Obama administration's effort to provide non-lethal assistance to Syria's rebels. Unwilling to provide arms, Washington hoped to strengthen the Syrian Opposition Coalition. Led… Read

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A failure to lead at the U.N.

Opinions May. 03, 2013 - 07:00AM JST ( 9 Comments )

It is the world's most important organization, yet remains one of the most dysfunctional. In the past week a former United Nations employee described a pervasive culture of impunity inside the organization - one in… Read

How to respond to a terrorist attack

Opinions Apr. 29, 2013 - 06:55AM JST ( 4 Comments )

There is no right way to react to a terrorist attack. Oklahoma City rebuilt after Timothy McVeigh's 1995 truck bomb attack on the federal government. Atlanta moved on following anti-abortion activist Eric Rudolph's 1996 bombing… Read

For American Muslims, dread

Opinions Apr. 23, 2013 - 07:02AM JST ( 43 Comments )

Last Friday morning, four Pakistani-American doctors dressed in business suits and medical scrubs sat in one of this city's most popular breakfast spots and fretted. At an adjacent table, a middle-aged woman grew visibly nervous… Read

The 'trust me' administration

Opinions Feb. 12, 2013 - 06:45AM JST ( 4 Comments )

In a bold second inaugural address, one line was my favorite. "We will defend our people and uphold our values," President Barack Obama declared, "through strength of arms and rule of law." Obama was right… Read

Make allies, not kill lists

Opinions Feb. 05, 2013 - 06:29AM JST ( 4 Comments )

Viewers of last week's confirmation hearing of U.S. Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel can be forgiven for thinking they were watching a years-old C-SPAN rerun. The importance of America's intercontinental ballistic missiles dominated initial questioning.… Read

Author Infomation

David Rohde: David Rohde is a columnist for Reuters, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a former reporter for The New York Times. His forthcoming book, "Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East" will be published in April 2013.

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