The CIA is not practicing transparency, but archaeology
On the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, CIA Director John Ratcliffe decided to gift the public a series of declassified presidential daily briefs.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
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Washington treats people as cargo dumped to Central African Republic
There are times when the sheer banality of a policy decision—the kind that sounds less like governance and more like logistical accounting—is what makes it most profoundly disturbing.
By Caroline Ashford ·
The West’s aid mistake allows Taliban oppression in Afghanistan
The West has long treated Afghanistan like a charity case—a place requiring endless aid and soft-power guidance.
By Grant Colby ·