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Lessons of the Syrian Reactor

Bruce Riedel | May 01, 2013
The intelligence failures of Iraq seriously constrained policy makers in other areas.

Clearing the Air

Michael T. Klare | Jan 02, 2008
In the previous issue of The National Interest, David Victor argued that the threat of resource wars is exaggerated. Michael Klare weighs in.

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.

The Three-Quarters Mark

Richard N. Haass | Jan 03, 2007
At this juncture, U.S. foreign policy must focus on the foreign, not domestic, policies of others.

In the Wake of War

Brent Scowcroft
Samuel R. Berger
| Sep 01, 2005
America shouldn't forget that the other half of regime change is building a new regime.

Averting an Iraq Syndrome

David B. Rivkin, Jr. | Jun 01, 2004
As "senior" members of the foreign policy establishment, Abramowitz's and General Odom's calls for withdrawal from Iraq deserve consideration. But they they are unconvincing, Rivkin writes.
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Commentary

Lebanon Inches Toward Disaster

Rajan Menon | Jun 04, 2013
The old sectarian tensions are reawakening as Syria burns.

Ghosts of Iraq

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

Soft Syria Response Worse Than Inaction

Amitai Etzioni | May 06, 2013
Continuing to split the difference only demonstrates weakness.
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Blogs

Anne-Marie Slaughter Conquers Uncertainty

John Allen Gay | Apr 29, 2013
Did Syria use chemical weapons in December? State Department officials aren't sure. But Anne-Marie Slaughter is.

The Tragic Right Turn

Paul R. Pillar | Dec 23, 2010
Golda Meir jokingly lamented Moses's left turn during the Exodus. The real tragedy is modern Israel's ideological shift to the right.

German Jews, Israel, and Kristallnacht

Jacob Heilbrunn | Nov 09, 2010
The debate over Zionism has reached truly pathological levels.
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Books & Reviews

The Road to Damascus . . .

Fouad Ajami | Mar 01, 1999
Itamar Rabinovich's The Brink of Peace is a masterly chronicle of the Syrian-Israeli peace negotiations of 1993-96, in which Israel and Syria--and America--once staked so much hope.

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