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Postscript,
February 8, 2010
The Hamas Conundrum
Michael Herzog

Since winning elections in 2006, Hamas has demonstrated that it cannot be part of an Israeli-Palestinian peace process, nor part of a Palestinian body politic based on democracy and free elections. But can policymakers deny the group the ability to play the spoiler?

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Snapshot,
January 27, 2010
Blacklisted in Baghdad
Reidar Visser

The recent ban of more than 500 candidates from Iraq's upcoming elections is designed to cement the power of the country's Shiite Islamists aligned with Iran. Will this latest sectarian rupture sink any hopes for a stable Iraq?

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Snapshot,
January 11, 2010
Disarming Hezbollah
Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson

Demilitarizing Hezbollah is a daunting proposition, but it is a worthy one. The Obama administration should reconsider its hesitance to join British efforts already underway and suspend its ban on official contact with Hezbollah.

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January/February 2010, 1, 89
Essay
The New Population Bomb
Jack A. Goldstone

A series of looming demographic trends will greatly affect international security in the twenty-first century. How policymakers adjust to these changes now will determine the course of global political and economic stability for years to come.
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