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Securing the Gulf
Kenneth M. Pollack
Ironically, with Saddam Hussein gone, three big problems are actually going to get more challenging. FULL TEXT
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The Shi'ites and the Future of Iraq
Yitzhak Nakash
Will the newly energized Shi'ite majority seek an Islamic government or agree to share power? And can it accept the U.S. as an honest broker? FULL TEXT
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The Protean Enemy
Jessica Stern
Its survival tactics have made al Qaeda more dangerous than ever, and Western governments must show similar flexibility in fighting the group. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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The New American Way of War
Max Boot
"The American way of war" refers to the grinding strategy of attrition that U.S. generals traditionally employed to prevail in combat. But that was then. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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U.S. Power and Strategy After Iraq
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
The Bush administration's new national security strategy gets much right but may turn out to be myopic. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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Striking a New Transatlantic Bargain
Andrew Moravcsik
Some Europeans now favor engaging America head on, by building an independent military. But the best answer lies not in competition. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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Blair's Britain After Iraq
Steven Philip Kramer
The recent war in Iraq changed the dynamics between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Labour Party. To survive politically, Blair must affirm his country's European identity. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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A High-Risk Trade Policy
Bernard K. Gordon
Washington's unwise return to economic "regionalism" threatens to damage both U.S. foreign and U.S. trade policy. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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Adjusting to the New Asia
Morton Abramowitz and Stephen Bosworth
As Japan slips in power and relevance, China grows ever stronger, and since September 11, Washington has become willing to let Beijing play a larger regional role. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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The Future of Energy Policy
Timothy E. Wirth, C. Boyden Gray, and John D. Podesta
It is time for an ambitious new approach to U.S. strategic energy policy, one that deals with the problems of oil dependence, climate change, and the developing world's lack of access to energy. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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Space Diplomacy
David Braunschvig, Richard L. Garwin, and Jeremy C. Marwell
A new transatlantic dispute is rising over the horizon with the EU's development of an independent satellite navigation system to challenge America's GPS. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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Not in Oil's Name
Leonardo Maugeri
Underpinning much of the current thinking on oil are two divisive myths: oil scarcity and energy security. 500-WORD PREVIEW
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We Didn't Start the Fire
Sheri Berman
The Mind and the Market shows that complaints about capitalism are older and more respectable than most of the antagonists in today's globalization debates realize. FULL TEXT
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Two Agents, Two Paths
Zachary Karabell
New portraits of Richard Helms and William Colby show how the Central Intelligence Agency evolved into the major player it is today. FULL TEXT
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The Great Revival
David Aikman
Strong Religion tries to find similarities in religious "fundamentalists" groups across the world. But the book's real lesson is that profound religious belief is here to stay. FULL TEXT
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Putting It Together
Barry Eichengreen
In John Gillingham's latest book, European integration is an economic story. But how does that affect internal security issues and a common foreign policy? FULL TEXT
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