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Alan Dowd 9/9/11 Alan Dowd 9/9/11

Post-9/11 Americana

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 9/1/11 Alan Dowd 9/1/11

The Star Spangled Banner Ban

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 9/1/11 Alan Dowd 9/1/11

9/11 + 10

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 9/1/11 Alan Dowd 9/1/11

The Long War

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 8/30/11 Alan Dowd 8/30/11

For Libya, Now Comes the Hard Part

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 8/16/11 Alan Dowd 8/16/11

Religious Tests

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 8/15/11 Alan Dowd 8/15/11

The Collapse of Kim Jong Il’s Regime

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 8/13/11 Alan Dowd 8/13/11

What a Basketball Brawl Tells Us about the PRC

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 8/10/11 Alan Dowd 8/10/11

Whiter the Obama of Hope?

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 8/4/11 Alan Dowd 8/4/11

Fishing Trip Led to Roosevelt and Churchill’s Declaration of Peace

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 8/4/11 Alan Dowd 8/4/11

When Leadership Has an Expiration Date

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 8/3/11 Alan Dowd 8/3/11

Retiring the World’s Policeman

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 8/1/11 Alan Dowd 8/1/11

Passing the Love Test

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 8/1/11 Alan Dowd 8/1/11

A World Worth Fighting For

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 7/25/11 Alan Dowd 7/25/11

Time to Recalibrate

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 7/15/11 Alan Dowd 7/15/11

Role Reversal in NATO

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 7/13/11 Alan Dowd 7/13/11

UN-Believable

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 7/4/11 Alan Dowd 7/4/11

Faith, Freedom and Fireworks

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 7/1/11 Alan Dowd 7/1/11

An Old Soldier Fades Away

After decades of defense downgrades, alliance members are individually and collectively investing in their security.

Alan Dowd 6/29/11 Alan Dowd 6/29/11