Yugoslavia Commentary

Holier Than Thou

Doug Bandow | Dec 08, 2009
Islamic governments need to respect religious liberty at home before lecturing the West about intolerance.

Pyramid Schemes

Hossein Askari
Noureddine Krichene
| May 18, 2009
Obama’s speech in Cairo will only lend credibility to a dictatorial regime and hamper his quest for a fresh start with the Muslim world.

Droned Out

Ximena Ortiz | Apr 10, 2009
The Taliban’s PR in Pakistan is pretty bad. If we stopped drone attacks, the insurgency would become even more unpopular.

Balkanizing Barack

Gordon N. Bardos | Jan 21, 2009
Conventional wisdom advocating more Western intervention in the Balkans is completely wrong. Obama needs to come up with a new approach.

Eating Toads in Peshawar

Anatol Lieven | Aug 21, 2008
Pakistan will muddle through post-Musharraf.  But violence, instability and a fractious political coalition will plague Islamabad.

Hillary's Balkan "Experience"

Gordon N. Bardos | Mar 13, 2008
Hillary Clinton claims she has “experience” in the Balkans. Only problem is, her husband's administration badly mishandled the Kosovo War of 1999.

State of Arrest

Steven Brooke | Mar 07, 2008
The arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood's online editor, Khaled Hamza, is just the tip of the iceberg in a larger pattern of Egyptian repression of reformists. These actors are good for the us and we should take notice of these injustices.

Politics as Usual?

Anatol Lieven | Feb 26, 2008
Positively in Pakistan, elections were held and main opposition parties are in talks to form a coalition. But if they don't learn from past mistakes, this attempt at democracy is also destined to fail.

Hands Off Pakistan

Malou Innocent | Feb 21, 2008
After Pervez Musharraf’s rejection at the ballot box, the United States only has bad options. The best one is letting Pakistani politics play out on their own.

Scouring South Asia

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Andrew E. Title
| Feb 19, 2008
National Interest online checks in on two vital American allies in a critical region. Will they keep working with the United States? Nick Gvosdev takes a hard look.

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