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Sun. April 21, 2019

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Deterring Kim Jong Il

The former assistant secretary of defense criticizes President Bush's North Korea policy. By Graham Allison. (Washington Post, 10/27/2006) Read More...

Can You Tell a Sunni From a Shiite?

The author writes that many lawmakers and senior intelligence and law enforcement officials overseeing the War on Terror do not know the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims, the primary religiou... Read More...

The Unsolved Case Of Anthrax

The author, the victim of an Anthrax letter attack in 2001, admonishes the FBI for not adequately investigating this case with as much importance as it deserves. By Tom Daschle. (Washington Post, 10/1... Read More...

International Affairs Forum Interview: Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN (Ret.)

IA Forum speaks with Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN (Ret.), the Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, former Director of the National Security Agency ... Read More...

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Our Failure in Europe's East

What confounds both Europe and the US are the complexity of post-Soviet societies and the impotence of Western institutions. By Bruce Jackson. (Washington Post, 10/8/2006) Read More...

Afghanistan: Five Years Later

After America's five year occupation of Afghanistan, Rumsfeld takes stock of the situation. By Donald Rumsfeld. (Washington Post, 10/7/2006) Read More...

The Ghost of the Oval Office

The author writes about revelations in the new book by Bob Woodward on the Bush Administration that Henry Kissinger is the most frequent outside advisor to the Bush Administration. By James Mann. (New... Read More...

Sinking Globalization

Many of the conditions that led to the collapse of the first age of globalization exist today and suggest that the current global system may be just as vulnerable and unprepared. By Niall Ferguson, (... Read More...

The Cold Wars are coming

An increase in the number of nuclear armed states may lead to multiple regional cold wars with the ability to cause greater destruction than the first Cold War. By Niall Ferguson, (Los Angles Times, ... Read More...

The IMF's America Problem

If the IMF is truly committed to addressing global economic imbalances, then it should concentrate on the greatest threat to this goal: the U.S. trade deficit and not the value of China’s currency. B... Read More...

Making globalisation work

Globalization can live up to its promise of higher living standards for everyone, but only if properly managed. A better understanding of the problems and anomalies of globalization and cooperation w... Read More...

The Case for Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements

Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements are presented in a mock memorandum as a way to promote American influence and principles in Asia while counterbalancing China’s increasing role. By Sherm... Read More...

The Iraq War: Mission Impossible

This Der Spiegel piece suggests that, by ousting Saddam Hussein and invading Iraq, the US has exposed its vulnerabilities as a military force. Its failure to maintain stability and subdue violence in ... Read More...

Searching for a Strategy: The Bush-Roh Summit

The author discusses the key issues that presidents Bush and Roh will discuss at the September US-South Korea summit in Washington. By Richard C. Bush III. (Brookings Institution, September 2006) Read More...

Congress Can Honor 9/11 Anniversary by Doing the Right Thing

The author argues that despite the desire to commemorate the fifth anniversary of 9/11 in a compelling manner, Congress should reject several security-related bills because they will be ineffective in... Read More...

The Apocalypse Will Be Blogged

The authors write that while Islamic tradition does not celebrate anniversaries, several Islamist web sites and others affiliated with Al Qaeda commemorated the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks a... Read More...

Yes, We Are Better Prepared

Negroponte discusses how the US intelligence community has made progress in its gathering and analysis of the intelligence needed to prevent another surprise attack like 9/11. By John Negroponte. (Was... Read More...

How Oil Fuels Sino-U.S. Fires

The author explains how the competition over oil between China and the US is inextricably linked to a larger set of foreign policy issues. By Erica S. Downs. (Brookings Institution, 9/4/2006) Read More...

Non-Friction: Toward A Global Economy

These expansion of the role of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is well intentioned but will likely bring undesired results. By George A. Pieler and Jens F. Laurson (fi... Read More...

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Scold War Buildup

The US should change its approach to foreign policy and advance its objectives through multilateral organizations. By John R. Hamilton. (Washington Post, 9/1/2006) Read More...

The High Price of Friendship

The author writes that the Bush Administration is using coalition warfare in Iraq not to share the costs of waging war, but to establish political legitimacy for its foreign policy. By Patricia Weitsm... Read More...

Service in Iraq: Just How Risky?

The Pentagon is very forthright about casualty lists for Iraq. However, as the authors point out, deaths alone don't indicate the risk for an individual serving in Iraq. By Samuel Preston and Emily Bu... Read More...

Search and Defend

The author writes that behavioral profiling of airline passengers would not lead to better security, as terrorists could easily be taught to defeat poorly-trained screeners at the nation's airports. B... Read More...

How We Ended Welfare, Together

Former President Clinton writes that on the 10th anniversary of the landmark welfare reform legislation passed by his administration, reform succeeded as a result of a truly bipartisan effort to chang... Read More...

Killing Won't Win This War

The author says defeating an insurgency requires more than simply killing insurgents, but rather winning the "hearts and minds" of the population, an essential strategy for prying the population away ... Read More...

A Call to Support Democracy

Iraq's ambassador to the US pleads his case for America to stay the course in Iraq. By Samir Sumaida'ie. (Washington Post, 8/21/2006) Read More...

Keep Pakistan on Our Side

President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan chose to stand with America against terrorism and has taken tremendous steps to fight Islamic extremists, including the roots of the problem. By Richard L. Armit... Read More...

Bill Clinton Was Right

A conservative from the Heritage Foundation admits that Bill Clinton deserves credit for welfare reform. By Robert Rector. (Washington Post, 8/23/2006) Read More...

Choice Pickings: What the Elections in the Ukraine Mean for Europe

Author considers whether European reaction to the Ukrainian elections reflects a negative, and larger, transatlantic issue. By Jens F. Laurson. (IA-Forum, 1/20/2005) Read More...

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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq

Video of book event at New America Foundation featuring Tom Rick, author of Fiasco, former State Department Chief of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson in an important examination of the challenges faced in Ira... Read More...

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