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In Need of Assistance

Reforming foreign aid at home In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, President George W. Bush made a sweeping commitment to global economic development....

Chafing at the Bonds

Hard Corps: Iran's Revolutionary Guard

A closer look at shifting power dynamics in Iran   The election crisis in Iran this summer riveted the world with scenes of dramatic demonstrations and...

This is basically another Munich situation right here.

Iran has backed down from a nuclear deal that would have significantly eased American tension with them. The deal was to send Iranian low-enriched...

Colombia’s War on Terror

Have the FARC finally met their match? A recent string of defeats for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Latin America’s oldest, largest, and...

Defending the Defense

Russia’s campaign against missile defense in Europe Ballistic missile defense — once derided as “Star Wars” by critics — is finally coming into its own...

The Shia Awakening

Sunni-Shia conflict and the logic of containmentIn 2003, for the first time in history, the Shia were poised to take control of a major...

More Secretary than General?

Ban Ki-moon’s first two years at the United NationsBan Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, has cultivated many nicknames over the course...

Closer, but No Cigar

Anticipating a new era of engagement with CubaWhen President Obama signed the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill into law on March 11, he took a...

Ping-Pong with Pyongyang

Can six-party stakeholders return the next volley?On Feb. 13, 2007, six-party talks with North Korea reached a breakthrough. In exchange for economic and energy...