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In backing the GCC transition plan in Yemen, the U.S. hoped to find a quick solution to a complex problem. Now that the election is over, the U.S. must shift its thinking to long-term planning.

Now is the time to stop Iran. Not just for our own selfish interests but for the very survival of western religion, culture, and civilization.

Feed the Future's goals and initiatives are trampled by the need for USAID to satisfy U.S. economic interests.

A closer look at the death toll in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict reveals that Israel is the target of unjustified criticism.

Given that many students on campus are sexually active, but making space for that activity violates Catholic and Jesuit ideals, should condoms and birth control be more accessible at Georgetown?

OWS has focused attention on economic inequality; now the movement must find a way to shift political vocabulary that still treats "free markets" as religious doctrine and "liberal" a dirty word.

It has been surprising that the Occupy movement has taken off, because protesting was previously not the "cool" thing to do.

Drone strikes are an ineffective tool for the U.S. to fight large terror networks.

Yemeni President Ali Abduallah Saleh has returned amid renewed violence, highlighting a failed American diplomatic effort and a missed opportunity to pressure him while in Saudi Arabia.

In the era of the Arab Spring, the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb group has become an irrelevant non-entity in the region and is a herald of the future demise of Al-Qaeda itself.

The recent attacks in Norway reveal hypocrisy in the way that religiously-inspired terrorism is discussed.

Obama should follow in Lyndon Johnson's footsteps and commit himself to fixing the national economy instead of concentrating on reelection while the country slips further into disrepair.

It would be fantastic to have a woman in the White House — but if we elect President Bachmann, she may be the last woman to make it there.

Hip-Hop in the Middle East is driving young people to fight against injustice, while American rappers flash their wealth in the face of poor young Americans starving for a voice.