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Essay, JUL/AUG 2009
Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

The military foundations of U.S. dominance are eroding, thanks to the spread of advanced military technologies to rising powers, hostile states, and nonstate actors. In response, Washington should pursue new sources of military advantage and a more modest grand strategy.

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Essay, JUL/AUG 2009
Fotini Christia and Michael Semple

The deployment of more U.S. troops to Afghanistan is necessary to tip the balance of power against the Taliban. But this military "surge" must be accompanied with a political one designed to persuade insurgents to give up their fight.

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Essay, JUL/AUG 2009
Max Boot

To defeat piracy in centuries past, governments pursued a more active defense at sea and a political solution on land. The current piracy epidemic off the coast of East Africa requires many of the same tactics.

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Response, JUL/AUG 2009
Joseph S. Nye Jr.

Leslie Gelb's skepticism of "smart power" is misguided; it is only by combining the strategies of both hard and soft power that the United States can achieve its ends.

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Review Essay, JUL/AUG 2009
Steven Simon

Two new books offer insightful analyses of how to succeed in Afghanistan. But the sheer difficulty of the task points to the need for an alternative strategy -- one that defends U.S. interests without trying to rebuild a shattered country.

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Review Essay, JUL/AUG 2009
Steven Simon

Two new books offer insightful analyses of how to succeed in Afghanistan. But the sheer difficulty of the task points to the need for an alternative strategy -- one that defends U.S. interests without trying to rebuild a shattered country.

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Review Essay, JUL/AUG 2009
Steven Simon

Two new books offer insightful analyses of how to succeed in Afghanistan. But the sheer difficulty of the task points to the need for an alternative strategy -- one that defends U.S. interests without trying to rebuild a shattered country.

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Letter From,
Ronen Bergman

The Israeli public and the country's intelligence experts have two different views of the threat posed by the Iranian nuclear program. Which will win out, and what is Washington's influence?

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Snapshot,
Frank Procida

The debate in Washington about Iran's nuclear program has lost all sense of proportion. A nuclear-armed Iran would be a threat, but largely to the regime in Tehran.

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Letter From,
William Wheeler

The Pakistani military’s offensive against the Taliban is meant to root out instability in the country. But will a growing refugee crisis only make the situation worse?

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