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Oil Price Warfare(1)

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

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.

Brussels Unbound

The EU has "unilateralist" ambitions.

From Awakening to War

Without quick mediation, the politicization of religion could lead to conflict.

The Business of Insurgency

In Iraq, crime does pay. The insurgency is about more than just politics or ethnicity.

Commentary

Ghosts of Iraq

Both sides of the Syria intervention debate are haunted by the last big war.

The Saudi Oil War on Iran

It's the third round from the Kingdom. The first two ended in Pyrrhic victories. 

Bearbaiting Iran

Saudi Arabia is practically begging Iran to take military action in the Persian Gulf. Tehran won't ignore the provocations forever.

Blogs

War Fatigue in America

Ten years and two and a half wars later, Americans are finally fed up.

Books & Reviews

A God For All Seasons

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

Despite predictions to the contrary, America's superpower status remains uncontested.

The Man Who Liked Reporters

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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June 18, 2013