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Comment,
Jul/Aug
2013
Tensions between China and Japan are rising, but an economic version of mutual deterrence is preserving the uneasy status quo. Put simply, China needs to buy Japanese products as much as Japan needs to sell them.
Essay,
Jul/Aug
2013
If Operation Overlord failed, the entire Allied enterprise in World War II faced abject collapse. This new history of the events leading up to D-Day explains why, and what the preparations for success actually involved.
Essay,
Jul/Aug
2013
Across Mexico, the lawlessness and carnage of the drug wars have given rise to scores of local self-defense forces aiming to defend their communities. The federal government may be tempted to disband and disarm these armed vigilantes, but until it can shape up its security sector, the local groups offer an imperfect but acceptable alternative.
A new book offers useful insights into the North Korean mindset, but it overlooks the regime's durability and the reformist bent of its new leader, Kim Jong-un. The regime is here to stay, and the United States should pursue more peaceful relations.
Essay,
Jul/Aug
2013
To stop Syria’s meltdown and contain its mushrooming threats, the United States should launch a partial military intervention aimed at pushing all sides to the negotiating table.
Essay,
Jul/Aug
2013
The Obama administration relies on drones for one simple reason: they work. Drone strikes have devastated al Qaeda at little financial cost, at no risk to U.S. forces, and with fewer civilian casualties than many alternative methods would have caused.
Essay,
Jul/Aug
2013
Drones are not helping to defeat al Qaeda and may be creating sworn enemies out of a sea of local insurgents. Embracing them as the centerpiece of U.S. counterterrorism would be a mistake.
Snapshot,
June 4, 2013
It is tempting to dismiss Iran's presidential elections as irrelevant, reasoning that the Supreme Leader makes all the important political decisions anyway -- above all, those relating to the nuclear program. But the presidential election does seem to matter to Khamenei -- which is precisely why it should matter to observers in the West.
Snapshot,
June 2, 2013
Last week, Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah confirmed his group's involvement in Syria. In doing so, he contorted Hezbollah's traditional talk of resistance against Israel -- which has broad appeal in the Arab street -- into a narrow defense of Shia interests. In doing so, he damaged the group's credibility and contributed to growing sectarianism across the Middle East.
Snapshot,
May 28, 2013
Turkish officials had high hopes of using soft power to establish their country as a leader in the Middle East. But the civil war in Syria revealed that Turkey is no match for Iran and that it needs U.S. protection more than ever.
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