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The Ambiguous Way Forward

Aluf Benn | Dec 01, 2005
Sharon got out of Gaza. Now what?

The Wild East

David Satter | Jun 01, 1997
Sinking into poverty amid its natural riches, Vladivostok is almost totally controlled by organized crime.

Tradition Abandoned: America's Military in a New Era

Andrew J. Bacevich | Jun 01, 1997
American civil-military relations will remain vexed for some time.

A Pessimist of Promise

Thomas A. Howard | Mar 01, 1997
If the trenches of the First World War were not enough to cast doubt upon the idea of progress' prospects, certainly Auschwitz and Hiroshima more than sufficed. The holdouts thereafter--those liberals and Marxists still upholding the Enlightenment

After Hebron

Peter W. Rodman | Mar 01, 1997
In the wake of the Hebron agreement, the imperative for Israel (and the United States) has been to formulate a coherent strategy for the next phase.

The Common Sense

John Mueller | Mar 01, 1997
A policy consensus is emerging that stresses economic enrichment through open markets, allows for the inclusion of less developed countries with their acts together and seeks to alleviate or at least contain troubles in other parts of the world at
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Commentary

The Cost of Settler Vigilantism in Israel

Benny Morris | Dec 21, 2011
Settler attacks on the IDF and Israeli policemen testify to the depths of Israel's internal struggles.

The Coming Israel-Iran War?

Benny Morris | Nov 15, 2011
The IAEA report on Iran's nuclear-weapons program has pushed Israel one step closer to attacking Tehran.

Statehood for Palestinians, Destruction for Israelis

Benny Morris | Sep 27, 2011
How the realization of a Palestinian state could lead to the annihilation of Israel.
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Blogs

The Shambles of Obama's Middle East Policy: Dennis Ross Departs

Jacob Heilbrunn | Nov 11, 2011
The Mideast is boiling. Neocons are gripped by war fever. Obama's administration is floundering. Ross may have gotten out just in time.

Another Shameful Veto in the Making

Paul R. Pillar | Sep 16, 2011
Why an American veto on the Palestinian statehood issue would be both narrow-minded and damaging to U.S. interests.

Obama's Middle East Hail Mary

Jacob Heilbrunn | Nov 16, 2010
Obama's last-chance gasp at a Middle East peace deal could work, even if it is desperate.
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Books & Reviews

Pericles and 'Big Bill' Thomson

Clifford Orwin | Mar 01, 1999
James Ceaser's Reconstructing America locates the "real America" in the ideas and values of the Founders. But a purely political conception of America is inadequate.

Bernadotte and Shamir

Barbara Amiel | Jun 01, 1995
Marton's qualifications to write a book about the Middle East are slightly higher than Bernadotte's were to make peace there, but in the end it comes to the same: two boy scouts setting up pup-tents in minefields.

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