Tag: military
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The pain we will not see
War, especially today, is murky enough. But how we come to see it —to experience it— ought to be informed by actual events, made public and debated.
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Challenging Pirates in Tempestuous Seas

In keeping with the “we don’t negotiate with terrorists” argument, most countries have a non-engagement policy with pirates: paying a ransom is seen to incentivize the illegal activity — to give rise to a new wave of open-sea scoundrels eager to exploit the lucrative shadow world of transnational crime. But as the tactics used by…