Going Machiavelli on Islamabad

Mark N. Katz
Want to end the War on Terror? Contain Pakistan.

Remember the Shah

Hossein Askari
The leaders of the Arab world should learn from the Shah's mistakes—too little too late won't satisfy the people.

Rand Paul And Ending American Aid to Israel

Jacob Heilbrunn
The Tea Party's hero and the GOP's bane.

Egypt and Islamophobia

Paul R. Pillar
Political Islam can be expressed peacefully. Denying that will create a self-fulfilling prophecy of radicalism.

Follow the Leader

Zalmay Khalilzad, the former head of policy planning at DOD, takes on John Mearsheimer's critique of the U.S. strategy he helped forge.
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Autocrats 'R Us

Nikolas K. Gvosdev

The New Arab Era: the Muslim Brotherhood, the Sadrists and Hezbollah—united 

Society

Walt's Ideas on Bad Ideas

Benjamin H. Friedman

Salesmanship and BS shouldn't be underestimated. Bad ideas make for good politicking.

Politics

Calling the Muslim Brotherhood

Scott Atran

After interviews with the Muslim Brotherhood and people on the ground in Cairo, it's clear a peaceful transition hinges on the Egyptian military...

Security

Free Baluchistan

Selig S. Harrison

To counter Islamism in nuclear Pakistan, the United States should do more to support Baluch insurgents.

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Watch the Islamists

Jonathan Schanzer

How much longer can Cairo contain Upper Egypt's Islamists?

Society

The Coming "Arab Revolution"

Franck Salameh

Arab harmony is an illusion that only serves to keep the masses in servitude.

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Grand Strategy and Triple-Digit IQs

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John Mearsheimer on Iran, Afghanistan and Democrats vs. Republicans.

Egyptians are a pretty savvy lot. No one I talked to believes you can have a democracy overnight (well, almost no one, 18 year old kids think it’s possible, of course).
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Iran

The Myth of Operation Ajax

Abbas Milani

America can't form a prudent policy toward Iran until it exorcises the ghost of Washington's role in bringing down Mossadegh.

China

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Michael J. Green

Why Kissinger and Brzezinski might be wrong on China.

Russia

Terror at Domodedovo

Dmitri Trenin

Moscow's elite leaves the country's ordinary citizens to fend for themselves as the war for Russia's inner abroad rages on.

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