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Mar/Apr
2009
Steven A. Cook

Bruce Rutherford’s Egypt After Mubarak is an ambitious effort to explain how the Muslim Brotherhood, the judiciary, and the business sector can work in parallel, if not exactly together, to influence Egypt’s political future.

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Nov/Dec
2008
Sherwin B. Nuland

Pathological hubris is a disease that can plague leaders and threaten international security. Doctors must put transparency ahead of confidentiality and disclose leaders' sicknesses to the public.

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Sep/Oct
2008
Shlomo Ben-Ami

Israel should pull back settlements and give up its '67 gains in order to secure its '48 victory.

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Sep/Oct
2008
Christopher Hitchens

Because borders are becoming ever more porous and contingent, everyone has an interest in humanitarian intervention.

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Jan/Feb
2009
Harold James

The current economic crisis may have one winner: the Chinese financial model, which--together with the IMF--holds the keys to fixing the problem.

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Jan/Feb
2009
L. Carl Brown

To avoid some of the mistakes from past Israeli-Palestinian peace processes, the Obama administration should consult Martin Indyk’s insider account.

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Jul/Aug
2008
Eva Bellin

Washington can promote political reform best by backing off.

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Jul/Aug
2008
Daniel C. Kurtzer

Stopping three decades of unnecessary bungling.

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Jul/Aug
2008
Andrew J. Bacevich

Robert Kagan's Return of History ignores the Iraqi elephant in the room.

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Jul/Aug
2008
Curtis A. Bradley

Benjamin Wittes’ Law and the Long War is required reading for anyone interested in the legal challenges posed by the war on terror.

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