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Notes from the Balkans

The United States should not balk at getting more deeply involved in the volatile Balkans: a well-crafted foreign policy could yield real results.

The East Moves West

India and China's Great Game in the Gulf.

Swedish Models

Everyone always wants to be like Sweden.  What happens whenthe socialist paradise fails.

Brussels Unbound

The EU has "unilateralist" ambitions.

Pander-nomics

Protectionist measures endanger America's financial well-being.

Unrealists

The Israel lobby controversy shows how some substitute character assasination for serious debate.  American national interests suffer.

Commentary

Saving Kyrgyzstan

The country’s unrest is an opportunity for America and China to cooperate on an issue of mutual concern.

Turmoil in Kyrgyzstan

America and Russia should deploy a joint peacekeeping force.

Help From Our Friends

Why Uzbekistan matters for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.

Books & Reviews

Meaning Well

Maximilian II managed to be both ahead of his time and behind it simultaneously. His life warns us against allowing ourselves to fall into a similar predicament.

Uncomfortable, but Invaluable

Urban's is not a happy memoir. The subtitle, My War Within the Cold War, sums up his theme. The new policy involved years of often bitter struggle with both grotesque reactionaries and Western appeasers.

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February 13, 2012