Countries That Intervene Militarily Rarely Do So

As Even A Democracy Like The United States Has Shown, Waging War Can Benefit A Leader In Several Ways: It Can Rally Citizens Around The Flag, It Can Distract Them From Bleak Economic Times, And It Can Enrich A Country's Elites.

Success Is Not About Who Never Fails. It Is About Who Can Spring - Or Even Stagger - Back Up.

My Second Epiphany Came As An Intern At The Carnegie Endowment For International Peace. The Man I Worked For Was Consumed With What Was Going On In Bosnia. And The More I Knew [about It] The More Saddened I Was. There Were These Images Of Emaciated Men Behind Barbed Wire.... It Was Like, I've Got To Find A Way To Do Something.

There Is A Convergence Of Crises That Makes It Challenging To Keep The World's Attention.

I Think About Syria When I Go To Bed At Night.