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The Kremlin Begs To Differ

Dimitri K. Simes
Paul J. Saunders
| Oct 28, 2009
One doesn’t need to be a Russian domestic radical or a foreign Russophobe to see major flaws in the way Russia is ruled. The population, however, is satisfied with the status quo...for now.

Arrested Development

Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr.
Fritz Heimann
| Nov 01, 2007
If developed countries fail to effectively enforce the oecd Anti-Bribery Convention, all anti-corruption efforts in the developing world will suffer.

Lessons from the Bloc

Robert D. English | Sep 04, 2007
What the collapse of the Soviet Union should have taught us about Iraq.

The Fourth Age

Charles A. Kupchan | Sep 01, 2006

Brussels Unbound

Jeffrey L. Cimbalo | Jun 01, 2006
The EU has "unilateralist" ambitions.

The Political Roots of Poverty: The Economic Logic of Autocracy

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Hilton L. Root
| Jun 01, 2002
Foreign aid misapplied can lengthen the tenure of bad governments. A guide to understanding and engaging difficult development partners.
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Commentary

The Dictator's New Clothes: Rooting Out Corruption in the Mideast

Hossein Askari | Sep 08, 2011
Why—and how—America must help Arab Spring protestors bring down the Middle Eastern autocrats.

A Realistic Anticorruption Strategy for Afghanistan

Col. Gregory Douquet
Michael O'Hanlon
| Oct 13, 2010
We can't expect Afghanistan to function like a mature democracy.

Where it's Corruption or the Taliban

Dov S. Zakheim | Oct 08, 2010
Corruption is endemic to Afghanistan. Petraeus's plan to root it out is Washington's only chance of even a modicum of success.
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Blogs

Hooray, K Street Is Back!

Jacob Heilbrunn | Dec 06, 2010
The media licks its lips at reports that the newest congressmen are already succumbing to those evil lobbyists. Maybe the freshmen are savvier than we thought.

An Election Result That Would Improve Foreign Policy

Paul R. Pillar | Oct 29, 2010
California's proposition to reduce the nefarious practice of gerrymandering would help fix a partisan Congress incapable of producing sound foreign policy.

Troubling Similarities Between Afghanistan and Vietnam

Malou Innocent | Aug 12, 2010

Books & Reviews

Strategic Horizons

J. Peter Pham | Mar 01, 2006
Despite predictions to the contrary, America's superpower status remains uncontested.

Revolutionary Nepotism

Steve Sailer | Dec 01, 2003
Why "keeping it in the family" remains popular under dictatorships--and democracies.

European Hamiltonians

Max Beloff | Jun 01, 1995
François Duchêne, Jean Monnet: The First Statesman of Interdependence (New York: W.

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