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International Crisis Group

Re-Occupy Iraq?

If the United States seeks to quell the civil war in Iraq, re-occupation may be the answer.

Commentary

Bosnian Lessons

What are the prospects for success in Iraq and Afghanistan? Our nation-building record in Bosnia and Kosovo isn’t encouraging.

Ruling Baghdad

The new Iraqi government will be more of the same—which is probably good enough for America.

Nuclear Rangoon

If we want to stop Burma’s atomic ambitions, we should engage the regime and encourage political liberalization.

Blogs

Phantom Forces

If your military recruits get the giggles, they might not be ready to take the reins yet. And that's just the beginning of the Afghan National Army's problems.

A Crisis of Confidence

The Post and Karl Rove are baffled: where is Obama's "resolve" and "confident voice" on Afghanistan and Iraq?

Another One Bites the Dust

Indonesia just dealt a major blow to the world's most threatening terrorist group.  What we can learn from the short, nasty, brutish existence of Al-Qaeda's clone.

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May 25, 2013