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It’s Pakistan, not the Taliban, we should worry about in Afghanistan
The growing instability along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is a critical issue for the United States, writes Joshua Foust.
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Google wants to fight extremism, but it needs to understand it first
The counterterrorism fight has a new combatant: Google. But the company’s program to use technology to deradicalize youth around the world is based on a misunderstanding of what causes violent extremism, writes Joshua Foust.

Justice merely delayed for women of Wal-Mart
Although the Supreme Court dealt a blow to women who say they’ve been systematically discriminated against by Wal-Mart, the women’s claims still have a good chance in court, says legal analyst Jami Floyd.

No end game in sight for Libyan conflict
Rather than playing games in Congress about the constitutionality or relevance of a law he’s choosing to ignore, President Obama must articulate his strategy for ending the war in Libya, writes Joshua Foust.

Where are India’s ‘missing girls’?
India’s skewed sex ratio is less a product of its culture and more a manifestation of a rapidly globalizing economy that is leaving women behind, writes Inderpal Grewal.

Europe, pay up
What is the future of NATO when, as Robert Gates said, it has reached a point of “military irrelevance” and the U.S. foots so much of the bill? Joshua Foust considers the options.

Outsourcing the law to India
Memo to this year’s graduating law students: Your first job is already gone — to India. The law firms of America, and their clients, have quietly decided that the work a first-year associate typically performs — such as document review, research and contract drafting — can be done more cheaply. And the cheaper team lives […]

Action on climate change: Why now?
How long do we have before feeling the effects of climate change? The National Academy of Sciences says we know enough to act now. Robert Fri reports.

Where do we go from here?
At the highest levels, debate on the U.S. war in Afghanistan lacks clarity and focus, argues Joshua Foust.

Heavy on bluster, low on facts
A U.S. military task force aimed at developing Iraq’s economy has made some big strides, like computerizing the Iraqi banking sector, but Joshua Foust asks, how much has it really accomplished?

Wait for another marshmallow?
Recent studies have shown that children who learn early self-control are more successful as adults in many ways. So Dan Ariely asks, how do we keep from eating that doughnut RIGHT NOW?

The looming Afghan crash
Pulling out of Afghanistan will save the U.S. government money, but it could have a host of negative economic effects, both there and at home, writes Joshua Foust.

Here we go again: Can a French celeb get a fair trial in America?
Jami Floyd: Before we utter another breathless word about the Strauss-Kahn case, let’s not forget that the U.S. is the world leader in affording defendants the right to a fair trial.

Bin Laden’s dead, but challenges remain
Popular uprisings, not terrorists, should spur the U.S. to rethink its foreign policy, argues Yale University’s Ellen Lust.