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Strengthening the Fainthearts

Washington loves to panic over impending snowstorms, ongoing heat waves, the Redskins' playoff chances, and policy implications.

Fighting for Oil?

It is hard to find any public statement from an American official justifying the ouster of Saddam Hussein in terms of oil.

China's Growing Appetites

Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet--unless they need to secure access to strategic natural resources.

Sand in Our Eyes: U.S.-Saudi Relations After Iraq

Relations with the Desert Kingdom suffered before 9/11. Now they're on the ropes. But Washington can ill afford the loss of this critical ally, even when it's not on its best behavior.

Not the Faith of Their Fathers

Two unlikely adherents to their respective faiths, Bush and Blair find peace in war.

Behind the Silk Curtain

Despot Watch turns the spotlight on Islam Karimov, America's newest Central Asian ally.

Auditing Arrogance

Three months before the start of the American operation in Iraq I visited the United States, where I met with Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.

Requiem for a Genocide

Keith Windschuttle revises the revisionists and does the post-colonial "history" of Tasmania a good turn--on its head.

A Strategic Defense Initiative

This is not your father's "Star Wars." Missile Defense is real, it's coming, and it will be a indispensible instrument of American power.

Transferring Sovereignty

Since November of last year the United States has been committed to transferring sovereignty to the Iraqis after June 30, 2004.

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May 26, 2012