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Oil Price Warfare(1)

Roger Howard | Sep 01, 2006
Winning wars in the future may depend not only on how many troops you can put into the field but for how long you can afford to pay high prices for gasoline.

Oil Price Warfare

Roger Howard | Sep 01, 2006
War with Iran does not appear imminent and the prospect has not been a hot electoral issue. But Howard explains why war with oil-producing nations will likely be wholly unanticipated.

The Fourth Age

Charles A. Kupchan | Sep 01, 2006

Brussels Unbound

Jeffrey L. Cimbalo | Jun 01, 2006
The EU has "unilateralist" ambitions.

From Awakening to War

Robert F. Ellsworth | Jun 01, 2006
Without quick mediation, the politicization of religion could lead to conflict.

The Business of Insurgency

Robert E. Looney | Sep 01, 2005
In Iraq, crime does pay. The insurgency is about more than just politics or ethnicity.
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Commentary

Ghosts of Iraq

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | May 20, 2013
Both sides of the Syria intervention debate are haunted by the last big war.

The Saudi Oil War on Iran

Reza Sanati | Mar 13, 2013
It's the third round from the Kingdom. The first two ended in Pyrrhic victories. 

Bearbaiting Iran

Hossein Askari | Apr 26, 2011
Saudi Arabia is practically begging Iran to take military action in the Persian Gulf. Tehran won't ignore the provocations forever.
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Blogs

War Fatigue in America

Paul R. Pillar | Jun 03, 2011
Ten years and two and a half wars later, Americans are finally fed up.

Does the Arab World Really Regard Iran as THE "biggest threat"?

Malou Innocent | Dec 06, 2010

The Plight of Christians in Iraq

Doug Bandow | Nov 02, 2010
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Books & Reviews

A God For All Seasons

Alan Wolfe | Aug 25, 2009
Scholars of international relations have only recently begun to appreciate the power of religion. Their next step is to get religion right. No longer mysterious and magical, modernity has demystified the Higher Power.

Strategic Horizons

J. Peter Pham | Mar 01, 2006
Despite predictions to the contrary, America's superpower status remains uncontested.

The Man Who Liked Reporters

Paul Gigot | Mar 01, 1996
Marlin Fitzwater was the most effective and well-liked press secretary since John F. Kennedy's Pierre Salinger. Fitzwater spent six years working for two presidents of markedly different public styles, Ronald Reagan and George Bush, and lived to t
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