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DEMOCRACY IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION: 1991-2004 The article about the history of democracy’s introduction in 15 F.S.U. countries, the mixed overall outcome, importance of civil socity and the U.S. role. Few success stories... while the rest of th... Read More...

Dubious Purge at the CIA The columnist, a retired CIA station chief, alleges that the Bush administration's purge of the CIA is punishment for its officers' disagreement with Bush's Middle East policies. By Haviland Smith. (W... Read More...

The 'Other America' May Be Coming Back The columnist alleges that Bush's proposed changes to Social Security will force seniors into the poverty levels of the 1960s. Bush, who won't acknowledge any government program's success, wants to en... Read More...

Forging Sounder Sino-US Ties Ever since former US president Richard Nixon's historic visit to China thirty years ago, Sino-US ties have remained relatively stable. However, three issues could pose a threat to the continued advanc... Read More...

Iran Regime-Change Talk Revives in Washington A US advocacy group dominated by Republican Party stalwarts is trying to revive the idea of regime change in Iran. A recent policy paper issued by the group, The Committee on the Present Danger, urges... Read More...

White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales memo to the President Decision Re Application of the Geneva Convention of Prisoners of War to the Conflict With Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. (by Alberto R. Gonzales, 1/25/2002) Read More... 0 Comments |

Colin L. Powell memo to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Draft Decision Memorandum for the President on the Applicability of the Geneva Convention to the Conflict in Afghanistan. (by Colin L. Powell, 01/26/2002) Read More... 0 Comments |

Stingy Sam Although the Asian tsunami was the result of a massive earthquake for which nobody on this planet is to blame, the United Nations still found a way. By Hal Linsey. (WorldNetDaily, 12/30/2004) Read More...

Human Rights First Blog - The Gonzales Confirmation Hearings Human Rights First's Senior Associate for U.S. Law & Security Avi Cover commentary and analysis of the Gonzales Confirmation Hearings. (Human Rights First, 01/06/2005) Read More...

Clash of the Titans Is China more interested in money than missiles? Will Japan's decline embolden China to assert itself as a regional hegemon? Will the United States seek to contain China as it once contained the Sovie... Read More...

Justice Department Memo Regarding Standards of Conduct for Interrogation The United States Justice Department (Office of Legal Council) memo on the standards of conduct for interrogation under the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment... Read More... 0 Comments |

We Need a Real Iran Policy Citing President Bush's recent statement that we have "sanctioned ourselves out of influence with Iran," the author wonders if the president hasn't tacitly accepted a nuclear Iran. By Susan E. Rice. (... Read More...

Hurting Care, and Lives Two prominent neurosurgeons maintain that the ever-spiraling cost of malpractice insurance is preventing doctors--especially obstetricians and neurosurgeons--from providing needed care. By Henry Brem... Read More...

Truth in Medicine Former Secretary of State Paul O'Neill proposes several federal remedies for the nation's costly health care system. (Washington Post, 12/24/2004) Read More...

Final Twist in a Long Tale? The jewel in the Yukos empire has been sold to a mysterious company that seems to exist only on paper. Unexpected end of the auction, or is it the end? By Sergei Borisov (Transitions on Line, Dec 2... Read More...

With US Help, Georgia Gets Its Cake And Eats It, Too Georgia has made no secret of its desire to get on the fast track towards NATO membership. And Washington seems ready to take steps to hasten the departure of Russian troops and thus to ease Georgia'... Read More...

Left-leaning intellectuals, voters and their values It has long been suspected that the academic world leans to the left. Proof has just emerged that this assumption is correct. By Carlos Alberto Montaner (Firmas Press, 11/30/2004) Read More...

How to Approach Iran Madeleine Albright and seven former foreign ministers propose a course for Europe and the US in dealing with Iran. By Madeleine Albright, et al. (Washington Post, 12/13/2004) Read More...

The President's Party Do Uzbek voter have real choice in upcoming Dec 26 elections? Opposition protests at the US Embassy and America's policy toward Tashkent. By Erkin Nazarov (Transitions on Line, Dec 13, 2004) Read More...

Unhelpful China It is time to recognize new strategic realities and to approach China with the same iconoclastic spirit shown elsewhere. By Dan Blumenthal. (Washington Post, 12/6/2004) Read More...

Embraceable E.U. Author discusses EU/US cooperation in the Ukrainian election issue. By Robert Kagan. (Washington Post, 12/5/2004) Read More...

It All Started in Tehran When the Americans go to the polls on Tuesday they would do well to remember two events that have altered their lives forever. The first was the raid on the US Embassy in Tehran, and the seizure of Am... Read More...

The Cost of Staying the Course The author contends that American soldiers in Iraq face a mission just as daunting as the Vietnam War and World War II. By Brian Gifford. (Washington Post, 11/29/2004) Read More...

Engage Iran By David Ignatius. (Washington Post, 11/26/2004) Read More...

Ukraine's PM declared winner of elections A popular protest against the re-elected Prime Minister of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, who is accused of election fraud. A full investigation surrounding the democratic process of the election has be... Read More...

Best Performing Cities: Where America’s jobs are being created Want to know why President Bush won Florida? Political pundits might want to look at the Milken Institute’s 2004 Best Performing Cities Index, our annual survey of where jobs are being created in Amer... Read More...

Easy Fixes for Social Security The projected Social Security deficit is small enough to be fixed without a major revision, says the author. By Edith U. Fierst. (Washington Post, 11/18/2004) Read More...

U.S. Is Needed to Defuse Iran The new agreement worked out between Iran and Germany, France and Britain could be the first step toward solving the problem of Iran's efforts to develop a nuclear weapons capability, but there is sti... Read More...

What if Islam isn't an obstacle to democracy in the Middle East but the secret to achieving it? America's misreading of the Arab world—and our current misadventure in Iraq—may have really begun in 1950. By Michael Hirsh. (Washington Monthly, 11/1/2004) Read More...

The Real Battle Winning in Fallujah is just the beginning. By Wesley K. Clark. (Washington Post, 11/14/2004) Read More...

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