The deciders. “John Hay” details how lower-level bureaucrats made critical decisions that led to many of the disastrous effects of the Iraq war.

Wanted: a postwar policy. The TAC editors comment on the slow but real progress in challenging the prevailing bankrupt foreign policy views.

The Pentagon’s unholy alliance with missionaries. Philip Giraldi chastises the Pentagon for recklessly using a religious organization in North Korea for espionage.

How the Saudis’ war on Yemen became America’s shame. Michael Brendan Dougherty excoriates the Obama administration for involving the U.S. in the campaign.

The Indian National Congress: a party in crisis. Sudha Ramachandran reports on the dismal state of Congress and its poor prospects for revival.