Mark N. Katz

Mark N. Katz is a professor of government and politics at George Mason University.


Essays

Security

The Khatemi Factor: How Much Does It Matter?

| 03.01.98

Change in Iran is in the air, and it could be dramatic--but this is speculative and both the timetable and the actual policy implications are impossible to specify.

Commentary

Security

Withdrawal, Not Defeat

| 06.04.12

America won the Cold War after withdrawing from Vietnam. Could it win the war on terror after leaving Iraq and Afghanistan?

Security

The Costs of American Interventionism

| 03.01.12

The lessons Washington must learn from the consequences of America's globalist post-9/11 policy.

Security

Syria Needs More than Sanctions

| 10.05.11

Syrian protestors and timid sanctions won't bring down Assad. The West must take decisive action.

Security

Losing Saleh, Saving Yemen

| 06.17.11

Don't fall for Saleh's PR campaign. Civil strife and tribal warfare are not inevitabilities of Yemeni regime change.

Politics

From Tahrir Square to Red Square

| 02.21.11

What can the color revolutions tell us about the Arab uprisings?

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