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Mark Moyar

In Afghanistan, legitimacy comes more from the just use of power than it does from transparent elections. With that in mind, the United States should move beyond the country's disputed election and send the soldiers and resources that the war's U.S. generals are asking for.

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James Dobbins

With the cancellation of Afghanistan's runoff election, Washington is left with Hamid Karzai as its partner in Kabul. How did Karzai come to power in the first place, and what might that say about his ability to rule?

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Barbara Elias

Beyond the current debate about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan lie more fundamental questions of who the Taliban are, how they are organized, what they want, and whether they can be separated from al Qaeda.

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Soner Cagaptay

Under the leadership of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), Turkey's foreign policy is becoming more Islamist. Can the country's history of cooperation with the West survive?

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Dilip Ratha

The global flow of remittances represents the link between migration and development. If the world's largest economies are serious about recovery, they should make money transfers as easy and cheap as possible.

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Jeffrey Gedmin

Surrogate broadcasting was a central element of U.S. soft power in the Cold War. Today, it should take on a larger role in U.S. efforts to combat authoritarianism and extremism.

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Kenneth Michael Absher, Michael C. Desch, and Roman Popadiuk

The President's Intelligence Advisory Board is often criticized as a do-nothing panel. But it might be just the tool Obama needs to fix the U.S. intelligence community.

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Mohamad Bazzi

Hezbollah may have lost Lebanon’s election, but it remains the country’s dominant political force.

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Barak Mendelsohn

Hamas is facing increasing threats from its more extremist and Islamist rivals. Will the rule of Palestinian nationalism hold in Gaza?

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Tobias Harris and Douglas Turner

Japan's August election represented a political revolution. But how effective will the country's new government be in changing economic and foreign policy?

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