Princeton University Press Commentary

A Golden Bridge Out of Iraq-Reinforced

The Islamic Army is calling for negotiations with America—pointing the way to evicting the jihadists.

Cut and Walk: What prevails in Iraq when the popular will won't?

Common sense, practical necessity and the unfulfilled promise of representative government demand a reevaluation of regionalism in Iraq.

Syrian Peace Overtures: Timing is Everything

Since he abruptly returned from Britain to Syria five years ago to inherit the regime from his ailing father, thirty-six year old Syrian strongman Basher al-Assad has rarely smiled in public.

Axis or Not

As news of the Abu Ghraib scandal and Nicholas Berg's beheading dominates the headlines, American media have all but ignored one of the most significant developments since President Bush's now-famous 2002 "axis of evil" statement.

Flip-Flops on Iraq

Coming up to the first anniversary of President Bush declaring "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq, U.

The Bekaa Beckons

Lebanon's beautiful Bekaa Valley is a hotbed of evil.

On to Damascus

Last month at the Free University of Brussels, just 200 meters from the Syrian Embassy, a group of Syrians gathered to discuss something spoken of only in whispers in their native land-freedom.

The Road to Damascus?

 With the Pentagon announcement that "major military operations" are winding down, the war in Iraq has been won.

The Unfinished Revolution: East-Central Europe, Democratization and the Euro-Atlantic Community

On Sunday, February 2, 2003, President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic became a private citizen.

Out With the Old, In with the New?

However undiplomatic it may have been, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's reference to French and German concerns about a possible U.

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May 26, 2012