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Russian President Vladimir Putin stands for a minute of silence at the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. (AP Photo)

Putin’s Kremlin losing the oil price war — and that’s good

Austin Bay · December 3, 2014 6:57 pm

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel looks on while welcoming New Zealand's Minister of Defense Gerry Brownlee, during an honor cordon at the Pentagon, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

As the world burns, Obama fires Hagel

Austin Bay · November 26, 2014 4:44 pm

19th Century steel engraving of Sherman's March to the Sea. This print was published in 1878 in the book "Our Country, Vol. III." (iStock Photo)

Sherman’s march to the sea: Total impact warfare

Austin Bay · November 20, 2014 5:04 pm

In this May 8, 2014, file photo, the mayor of the city of Iguala, Jose Luis Abarca and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda, meet with state government officials in Chilpancingo, Mexico. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez, File)

Mexico’s Iguala Massacre: Criminal gangs and criminal government

Austin Bay · November 12, 2014 9:06 pm

Supporters of Tunisian party Nida Tunis (Tunisia Calls) celebrate their victory in parliamentary elections in Tunis, Tuesday, Oct.28, 2014. Nida Tunis took around 35 percent of the seats of the parliament, giving it the right to present a prime minister and form a governing coalition. The Islamists trailed with just 25 percent of the seats. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

Tunisia: From Arab Spring to Carthaginian Summer?

Austin Bay · October 29, 2014 4:37 pm

Smoke rises after a blast in the Syrian town of Kobani on October 23. (Getty images/Kutluhan Cucel)

The Islamic State fights for Kobani

Austin Bay · October 23, 2014 9:38 pm

Four weeks ago, President Obama declared that organizing an effective international coalition was an essential predicate to defeating and destroying the threat to world order posed by the so-called Islamic State. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The wages of smart diplomacy

Austin Bay · October 15, 2014 4:15 pm

Supported by tanks, Marines of the 1st U.S. Division inch their way up on the beach of Peleliu, during the invasion of the island in the Palau group, on September 14, 1944. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal)

October 2014 out of control? Consider October 1944

Austin Bay · October 8, 2014 3:59 pm

Carl von Clausewitz understood philosophically and viscerally the wicked, non-linear complexity of unbridled passions, mass violence and rational use of capabilities to pursue strategic goals that is the inescapable condition of international affairs in diplomacy and war.

To defeat the Islamic State Obama needs Clausewitz, not Alinsky

Austin Bay · September 24, 2014 1:37 pm

President Obama speaks on the phone to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah from his desk at the White House Wednesday, ahead of his address to the nation tonight regarding Iraq and ISIS group militants. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Conditions stalk Obama’s uncertain coalition

Austin Bay · September 17, 2014 8:06 pm

Riffs on President Obama's "the tide of war is receding" claim received marquee billing in at least two State of the Union speeches. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama’s Re-WOT (revived war on terror)

Austin Bay · September 10, 2014 5:19 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during Russian-Mongolian talks at the State Palace in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky)

Vladimir Putin’s goal is to reconstruct a ‘Greater Russia’

Austin Bay · September 3, 2014 7:32 pm