Anatol Lieven Commentary

Gracious Grozny

In the second of a three part series, TNI senior editor Anatol Lieven reflects on his meetings with high-level Russian officials at the Valdai Club conference last week.

Lunch with Putin

In a three part series, TNI senior editor Anatol Lieven reflects on his meetings with high-level Russian officials at the Valdai Club conference last week. This installment: Georgia and the American media.

Eating Toads in Peshawar

Pakistan will muddle through post-Musharraf.  But violence, instability and a fractious political coalition will plague Islamabad.

Bucharest on My Mind: Experts React to the NATO Summit

The allies are sending more troops to Afghanistan and behind U.S. missile-defense plans, but less than thrilled about expanding NATO into Russia’s backyard.

Three Faces of Infantilism: NATO's Bucharest Summit

Leaders that continually try to add new members to the NATO alliance, American and European, are ignoring reality—at their own peril.

Who Determines?

Has the West lost its monopoly on pronouncing election results (and governments) “legitimate”?

A Tale of Two Client States

As the situations become more complicated in Pakistan and Georgia, both American allies, the U.S. is faced with some tough choices.

The Democrats' Kosovo Problem

Will Democrats embrace ad hoc coalitions of the willing to avoid the dreaded sin of unilateralism?

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May 26, 2012