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The Not-Quite-Alliance Between Saudi Arabia and Turkey
Prince Saud Al Faisal, left, visited Turkey's foreign minister in Ankara in January. (Courtesy Reuters)
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In 64 BC, the great Roman lawyer and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero ran for consul. His younger brother, Quintus, thought Marcus had a chance -- as long as he ran a good campaign. So Quintus wrote a detailed strategy memo laying out just what Marcus needed to do to win. It’s the best guide to electioneering you’ll ever read, presented here with a commentary by the legendary political consultant James Carville. |
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Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs, discusses "threat hyping" with author Micah Zenko, who argues that the United States is much safer than its politicians and government officials would lead the public to believe. |
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China's Chen Guangchen, the asylum seeker of the moment, is hardly unique. All oppressive regimes generate defectors, but each regime deals with them in its own way. |
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Israel's new coalition government will strengthen Benjamin Netanyahu's hand on Iran. But it will also force him to address long-standing internal issues, suggesting that Israelis, even as they trust Netanyahu on foreign policy, are no longer willing to defer domestic change. |
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Sanctions have succeeded in bringing Tehran back to the negotiating table, but they are a tactic, not a strategy. Any long-term policy has to aim for a democratic Iran. |
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If the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago is to be more than an exchange of lofty speeches and question-riddled commitments about the future of Afghanistan, it is time to take a hard look at the promises the United States and others are making -- and whether they are too big to keep. |
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In the name of liberal Zionism and universal human values, Beinart’s slender but provocative new book launches a deeply felt attack on the policies of the current Israeli government toward the Palestinians.
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As Europe emerges from economic crisis, a larger challenge remains: finally turning the eurozone into an optimal currency area, with economies similar enough to sustain a single monetary policy. Getting there will be difficult and expensive, but the future of European integration hangs in the balance.
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Talking Tough to Pakistan
“To create a conflict of the magnitude that the author suggests would vastly undermine Pakistan's more liberal leaders.”
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