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Analyzing the Bin Laden Documents

Robin Simcox
In a revelation that should concern any Westerner, documents discovered at Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound show the arch terrorist criticizing the extremism of other jihadi groups.

Is More War Coming to the Sudans?

Armin Rosen
Remnants of the conflict that won South Sudan its independence last year now threaten the young nation’s stability—not to mention the welfare of civilians living near the tumultuous new border.

Sudan's Continuing War on Religious Freedom

Leonard A. Leo, Felice D. Gaer and Tiffany Lynch
Sudan's split with the South last year should have taught Khartoum that violating human rights leads to endless strife and division.

Russia's WTO Entry Is a Chance to Push Human Rights

Julia Pettengill
The US Congress should see its upcoming adjustment of trade terms with Russia as a chance to press Moscow on corruption and rights abuses.

Non-Interventionist David Rieff is Wrong on Syria

James Kirchick
Especially after Libya, non-interventionists like David Rieff must do more than simply recall the failures of the Iraq War when considering Syria.

Russia’s Ultranationalists

Andreas Umland
Right-wing extremists who have participated in recent anti-Putin protests could ultimately threaten the movement’s survival.

Syria’s Regime Involved in the Damascus Bombings?

Michael Weiss
Last Friday’s “suicide bombing” of government buildings in Syria is looking more and more suspicious with each passing day.

Vaclav Havel: Rock ’n’ Roll and the Power of the Powerless

Michael Weiss
What ideas and events actually shaped Vaclav Havel's rise as a Czech dissident in the 1970s?

The Autumn of the US-Russia Reset

Michael Weiss
A series of Russian transgressions on the international scene this fall all but close the book on Washington's "reset" with Moscow.

Building a New Peace Process

Aaron Menenberg
As the dust settles on the failed Palestinian statehood bid, the US and its allies need to recalibrate their efforts around realistic goals.

Belarus, the Land of No Applause

James Kirchick
The increasingly paranoid, oppressive reign of dictatorial Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko appears more and more likely to drive the struggling country into all-out "societal madness."

A Nuclear Iran Could Upend the World

Jamsheed K. Choksy
This week's IAEA report has stripped Iran's nuclear program of its civilian disguise.

The ICG's Flawed Syria Report

Michael Weiss
The International Crisis Group’s latest report on Syria relies almost exclusively on the testimony of Syrian regime figures and its Western apologists, dressed up as “independent” sources.

Pakistan’s Plight: The Troubled State of Bin Laden’s Final Hideout

Apoorva Shah
What does the news of Osama bin Laden’s death means for Pakistan’s already troubled situation?

The Middle Eastern Revolution’s Bloody Second Act

Jim Sciutto
This year’s uprisings might prove only prologue to much more violent upheavals and reprisals.

The Obama Doctrine: A Modesty of Ambitions

Michael Singh

On April 22, 1793, President George Washington issued a proclamation decreeing US neutrality in the war between France and Britain.

The Death of a Symbol: Bin Laden Deposed

Camille Pecastaing

May 13th, 2011

Too Big to Fail

Jeffrey Gedmin and Michele Dunne

Libya may be burning, but it’s Egypt that must succeed—economically, first
and foremost—if democracy in the Middle East is to have a chance

Reading the OBL Files

James Loy
“It will take time to study these documents, but the details released so far have upturned many assumptions Americans held about the state of the al-Qaeda network.”

The Mystery of Europe and the Decline and Fall of the War System

Max Singer

July 1st, 2011

It is an unexpected dividend of recent history that we cannot imagine a situation in which a Western European state would try to use military force or coercion against a neighbor. The “war system” that made military strength so central to national power and influence and caused so much conflict for five hundred years has simply disappeared from that region.

How Democracy Shouldn't Work

Melik Kaylan

March 28th, 2011

All Options Are Not on the Table: A Briefing on the US Mediterranean Fleet

Seth Cropsey

March 16th, 2011

In the May/June Issue

Jackson Diehl on sectarianism in Syria, Elliott Abrams and Robert Wexler on Iran's nuclear threat, and John Rosenthal on Germany and the origins of the euro crisis. Plus US-Pakistan relations, academia's new communism, Spain's economy, and more...

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