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Notes from the Balkans

Gordon N. Bardos | Jul 01, 2007
The United States should not balk at getting more deeply involved in the volatile Balkans: a well-crafted foreign policy could yield real results.

India's Ascending Path

Leah Fenwick | May 01, 2007
India is being courted by Russia, China and the United States. Heady stuff—as long as India’s leaders don’t forget they still have some pressing domestic challenges.

In the Tsunami's Wake

Anjalika Bardalai | Mar 01, 2005
It was a human tragedy, but not an economic disaster.

Banking on Turkey

H. Kaan Nazli | Dec 01, 2004
On the eve of EU accession, Turkey's financial sector is poised to take off.

Enforcing Nuclear Disarmament

Amitai Etzioni | Dec 01, 2004
Nigeria, Kazakhstan, the Congo: What do they have in common? All have nuclear reactors with the blessing of the UN. Is this "counter-proliferation" fit for an age of terror.

The Cult of Precaution

Roger Scruton | Jun 01, 2004
The high priests of the European Commission invoke the arcane scripture of the Precautionary Principle to justify their environmental enyclicals--the wages of reason be damned.
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Commentary

Moldova's Democratic Moment

Ilan Greenberg | Dec 07, 2012
Most former Soviet states are autocratic, but freedom is in the air in the land on the Dniester.

Nation Building Fails in the Balkans

Gordon N. Bardos | Dec 04, 2012
Despite decades of Western intervention, the former Yugoslavia seems to stay the same.

China and the Awkward Embrace

Dan Blumenthal
Phillip Swagel
| Dec 03, 2012
Beijing is neither enemy nor friend. It is both an economic partner and a security rival.
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Blogs

A Worried Washington Confronts Turkey

Ted Galen Carpenter | Nov 15, 2010
Formerly staunch allies, Turkey and the United States are becoming estranged.

Bruce Riedel's Dangerous Israel Proposal

Jacob Heilbrunn | Sep 17, 2010

Is Time Magazine Anti-Semitic?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Sep 07, 2010
Maybe Israel isn't a vulnerable, struggling outpost. Heaven forbid Israelis enjoy the fruits of prosperity.
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Books & Reviews

Meaning Well

Larry Wolff | Dec 01, 2001
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

Peter Coleman | Dec 01, 1998
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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