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The Baghdad Talks and the Politics of Inflexibility

Paul R. Pillar | May 23, 2012
Iran has shown flexibility. But the P5+1 powers seem willing to take without giving.

Euro 2012 and the Price of Repression

Doug Bandow | May 17, 2012
The Ukranian president's ruthless tactics are isolating what should be a leading Eastern European nation.

Good Policy and Bad Politics

Paul R. Pillar | May 07, 2012
European voters moved the economic debate in the right direction, even if they did so for the wrong reasons.

The Preconditions Game and Talks with Iran

Paul R. Pillar | Jan 31, 2012
Leon Panetta said it best: "Just get to the damn table."

International and Interplanetary Relations

Paul R. Pillar | Jan 30, 2012
How the search for extraterrestrial life can help us solve our earthbound problems.

Hungary and the Reversibility of Liberal Democracy

Paul R. Pillar | Jan 20, 2012
Hungary is steadily backing away from its democratic principles. Is the United States next?

The Kosovo Powder Keg

Ted Galen Carpenter | Dec 05, 2011
It will be bad enough if the EU’s clumsy policies lead to a new Balkan crisis. It will be inexcusable if Obama allows U.S. troops to be killed in the process.

The Fiscal Crisis Gambit in Europe and America

Paul R. Pillar | Nov 14, 2011

Goodbye, Greece—and Goodbye, Europe?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Nov 01, 2011
European unity is starting to look like a poisoned chalice

EU Membership’s Fading Appeal

Ted Galen Carpenter | Oct 04, 2011
The EU is still the great brass ring of European politics, but it is now a tarnished brass ring.

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