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David Rivkin

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To Engage or Not to Engage?

 With an eye to the Iraq Study Group recommendations, David Rivkin and Ian Bremmer discuss the value of opening dialogue with hostile regimes.

Saddam, Nikita and Virtual Weapons of Mass Destruction:A Question of Threat Perception and Intelligence Assessment

The threat posed by Iraq's WMD programs was a key American justification for launching Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A Response: Hassner's 'Friendly Questions' and the War on Terrorism

Pierre Hassner's "friendly questions" (In the National Interest, December 4, 2002) are indeed mostly friendly and reflect the sentiments of one of Europe's most preeminent defense intellectuals, but deserve a friendly rejoinder.

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February 12, 2012