Blog Posts

The Soft Power of Equal Opportunity

Paul R. Pillar | May 22, 2012
America, like China, will suffer from the inequality fostered by nepotism and cronyism. 

Enslaved by Citizenship?

Robert W. Merry | May 18, 2012

NATO Summit Will Reaffirm Afghanistan’s Weakness

Malou Innocent | May 18, 2012

Spinning Up For Baghdad

Paul R. Pillar | May 17, 2012
As P5+1 negotations with Iran approach, the contingent counting on their failure grows louder.

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.

Why Americans Are Less Hawkish than Their Leaders

Benjamin H. Friedman | May 15, 2012
The origins and consequences of the public-elite opinion gap on foreign policy.

Washington Post Defines Worst Fears Down

Benjamin H. Friedman | May 10, 2012
Giving undue credit to terrorists such as Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri only furthers their cause.

Khamenei's Psychologist

Abby Arganese | May 09, 2012

Japan Still Sleeps

Justin Logan | May 09, 2012
Ambitious projections that Tokyo will provide for more of its own security are overly hasty—and perhaps wishful thinking.

The Overblown Chen Case

Paul R. Pillar | May 08, 2012
The Chen case says much more about China and its leadership than about the United States or its leaders.

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May 22, 2013