Kurdish voters presented a united front for Baghdad. But internal divisions are rife—and the region might soon devolve into political turmoil.
Isolating Rangoon hasn’t worked. Washington should offer carrots to encourage liberal reform.
Burma has recovered from the disastrous cyclone that ravaged it a year ago. That wouldn’t be the case if we had decided to invade the country.
It is a good time to review the developments in Kosovo since 1999, which highlight the dire consequences of excessively ambitious long-distance social engineering and centralism in name of nation-building.
The U.S. must be prepared to commit to a long-term strategy of engaging the Middle East on religious terms by helping anti-Islamists in the Muslim community who seek to reconcile their religious faith with modernity.