Withdrawing From Afghanistan

Pressure is growing for the United States to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan. The assassination of Osama bin Laden gave President Obama a passing but welcome reprieve from criticism and low poll ratings, yet it also led to a growing chorus of Americans who are urging the administration to pull out large numbers of U.S. forces from the region.

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Withdrawing Honorably from Iraq

"You have offered us independence; we never asked for it, nor dreamed of such a thing 'til you put the idea into our heads. For hundreds of years, we have lived in a state as far removed from independence as it is possible to conceive; now [that] we have asked for it, you imprison us." Those were the words uttered by an Iraqi sheikh, not in 2011, but around 1920, when the mighty British Empire ruled his land. A rebellion had erupted, and the British government came under considerable pressure from its own population to withdraw. Although order was ultimately restored, the message remained: find a way out of Iraq...

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The Syrian Anomaly

Across the Middle East today the "Arab Spring" appears to be in full bloom...

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Japan May Have Another Nuclear Crisis to Worry About in North Korea

This is a dangerous - and distracted - world we live in. Few countries are more likely to take advantage of this reality than North Korea.

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Where Are the Arab Offers of Aid to Japan?

The massive earthquake, numerous tsunamis, and subsequent nuclear troubles to hit Japan will no doubt go down in history as one of the world’s worst disasters to hit a country this century ...
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Lack of US Policy in the Middle East is Leading to its Decline in Power

American power is on the decline and nowhere is this more evident than in the Middle East today.

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Another Middle East War on the Horizon

A new war in the Middle East is looming on the horizon--one that could create a fundamental shift in the region, and whose repercussions would be felt around the world ...
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The Lesser of Two Evils

Only in the Middle East can you find a terrorist convicted of five counts of murder courted by Israelis and Palestinians alike ...
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Watch Out for an Iranian Backlash

Considering how Iran's domestic shake-up caught everyone off guard, Western states should be prepared for what the regime might do next ...
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Technology Rules the Day Again in Iranian Uprising

With all the talk of the "twitter revolution" and the role that technology is playing in the recent uprisings, one would think that technology is being used in revolutions for the first time ...
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Religious Divisions in Iran's Leadership -- More than Meets the Eye

Deep fissures are showing as never before on a clerical style of government that has struggled for so long to paint itself as one united, single voice for Iran ...
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The Hypocrisy of Columbia’s Israeli Divestment Campaign

The truth is that certain groups are attempting to turn one of the most complicated foreign policy issues in recent history into a black-and-white campaign, wherein Israel is the sole wrongdoer...
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Lessons Learned from the 2006 War Being Implemented in Gaza

On Saturday morning the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a massive military attack on Hamas personnel and infrastructure in its equivalent to America's "shock and awe" (PDF) campaign ...
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Iran, Israel, Syria and Hezbollah—Here Comes More Conflict

As Americans inch closer to a new administration, President-elect Obama and his staff will have more critical foreign policy decisions to make than any of his recent predecessors ...
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China and Russia Reap the Benefits of Sanctions

Talks with Iran have reached another impasse. The Islamic regime recently rejected yet another package of incentives that the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France, and Germany put together in an effort to coax Tehran from ending its nuclear enrichment program ...
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Chinese, Russian Stall Tactics on Iran

Talks with Iran have reached another impasse. The Islamic regime recently rejected yet another package of incentives that the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France, and Germany put together in an effort to coax Tehran from ending its nuclear enrichment program ...
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What is 'Israel-Palestine'?

It’s common to hear the term “Israel-Palestine” when referring to either Israel or the Palestinian Territories, particularly in academic circles ...
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Hezbollah is Angry: A Time for Vigilance

IMAD MUGHNIYEH, one of the most notorious and wanted terrorists in U.S. history, was recently killed in a car bombing in a posh neighborhood of Damascus ...
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New Iran IAEA Report: Be Cautious

One should not expect much benefit to come out of the impending IAEA report discussing Iranian nuclear activity ...
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Legacy of Failure

As Ehud Barak takes over as minister of defense, and another intervention in Gaza appears looming on the horizon, discussions of the failures of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert continue almost unabated ...
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Trafficking and the Role of the Sinai Bedouin

On the evening of October 7, 2004, three trucks laden with explosives were driven to resorts in the northern Sinai where they were detonated, killing more than 30 people and wounding hundreds more ...
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Lebanese 'Defensive Shield' -- No Problem

In the Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli it's Arabs killing Arabs - so nobody cries 'massacre' ...
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A Disproportionate Response? The Case of Israel and Hizballah

On July 12, 2006, Hizballah chose to launch one of its boldest offensives yet against the State of Israel ...
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Connecting the Dots: Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda?s Involvement in Terrorism Prior to 9/11

On the night of November 5, 1990, El Sayid Nosair walked into the Marriot East Side Hotel, pulled out a .357 chrome-plated magnum pistol and shot one bullet into the neck of Rabbi Meir Kahane ...
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National Security Implications of Al‐Takfir Wal‐Hijr

The radical Islamist movement Al‐Takfir Wal‐Hijra originated in Egypt in the 1960s as a radical offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood ...
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