Disputed territories Articles

Tear Gas over Batamaloo

Basharat Peer | Oct 20, 2010
Angry protests and brutal crackdowns are nothing new to Kashmir. Neither is the intrigue between India and Pakistan. What has changed is Kashmiris' renunciation of violence—and a reawakened desire for autonomy.

Russian Roulette

Dimitri K. Simes | Oct 30, 2008
The current conversations of the American political class are frighteningly similar to past black-and-white misinterpretations of fundamental foreign-policy decisions.

Rogue Operators

Daniel Byman | Jul 02, 2008
Think that state sponsors of terror are pulling all the strings? Think again. Countries like Iran and Syria may play a big role in the terrorism underworld, but they’re quickly losing control over rogues that bite the hands that once fed them.

Staying Alive

Ted Galen Carpenter | Feb 29, 2008
Is a state by any other name still a state? Nations’ risky operations to maintain de facto status.

Re-Occupy Iraq?

Jeffrey Stacey | Jul 01, 2007
If the United States seeks to quell the civil war in Iraq, re-occupation may be the answer.

Potemkin Democracy

Charles King | Jun 01, 2001
Georgia's image in the West is belied by the reality on the ground.

Policing the Golan? Yes

Peter W. Rodman | Dec 01, 1994
In March 1975, the second Sinai negotiation between Israel and Egypt broke down.

Policing the Golan? No

Douglas J. Feith | Dec 01, 1994
American and Israeli officials say they expect U.

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