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Inglorious Revolutions
Essay TypesEssayDavid A. BellTWO AND A HALF years after it began, the revolution was widely considered a quagmire, even a disaster. Rebels had made disappointingly little headway against the forces of...
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Beijing's Self-Defeating Arrest of Ilham Tohti
A reasonable critic is treated like a criminal. Stability would have been better served by heeding his warnings.Julia FamularoOn the afternoon of January 15, Chinese authorities arrested prominent...
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Russia's Reputation at Risk in Sochi
The warts may be hard to hide.Ariel CohenNext month, the Winter Olympics in Sochi will bring many of Russia’s systemic problems in focus. It won’t be a pretty picture. The terrorist threat, rampant...
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Ukraine's Nightmare: Far from Over
A look at the obstacles that will remain, even if Yanukovych falls.Nikolas K. GvosdevNo matter how events play out in Kyiv in the coming days, the crisis in Ukraine points to three fundamental issues...
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Cambodia: Echoes of Fascism
The rise of the thugs.Dennis P. HalpinThose who had hoped that Prime Minister Hun Sen's surprise near-loss in the flawed elections last July would lead to a more accommodating stance have been sadly...
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A Better Way to Tie Egypt Aid to Democracy
Don't be afraid to use our aid as a tool.Patrick ChristyEgypt’s political future remains uncertain as the country risks repeatedly trading one strongman for another. Consecutive governments have...
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Putin's Olympic Gamble
A report from Sochi.Graham AllisonIf you build it, will they come? And be secure from terrorists’ bombs? And will Team Russia capture the gold?Vladimir Putin has bet tens of billions that the answers...
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Stand Up to Turkey's Crackdowns
The EU, NATO and the United States should all take action against an increasingly undemocratic ally.Emanuele OttolenghiTurkey’s democracy is sinking. To fend off a corruption scandal, the government...
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Learning to Forget in Cambodia
A land where nearly half the population suffers from PTSD.Franz-Stefan Gady“Every time my wife hears the name Khmer Rouge, she starts sobbing uncontrollably” Neng Bunrong, a thirty-five-year-old tour...
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What the Saudis Fear
It has little in common with what its American allies fear.Paul R. PillarAs the government of Saudi Arabia does strange things and pitches fits, such as at the beginning of this year declining to take...
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The Enduring Dilemmas of Democracy Promotion
American foreign policy struggles to find a balanced role for encouraging the spread of freedom.Hal BrandsHow much should the United States do to promote the advance of democracy abroad? This timeless...
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Putin Is Forging a New Ukraine—Just Not the One He Wants
A decade of Russian interference could turn Putin into a unifying figure for Ukraine—as a villain.John HerbstThe great enemy of would-be statesmen is the law of unintended consequences. President...
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Russia Would Lose a Fair Crimea Vote
Past ballots and polls suggest as much.John HerbstIt is well understood in the West that the Russian invasion of Crimea is a violation of international law and of Russian commitments to Ukraine under...
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Human Rights and the Iran Nuclear Talks
Making Iranian human-rights violations an issue in the nuclear negotiations would be counterproductive.Ariane TabatabaiThe election of President Hassan Rouhani in June 2013 has led to changes in Iran...
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The Gulf's Achilles Heel
Obama urgently needs to push the Saudis to support serious reform in Bahrain.Frederic WehreyAs President Obama meets with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on Friday he will undoubtedly offer...
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The Death of the Iranian Revolution
Rafsanjani’s elimination from the presidential campaign has shocked the nation.Muhammad SahimiIran’s Guardian Council, the constitutional body that vets the candidates for almost all elections in the...
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The Enormity of Mandela's Struggle
His achievements and moral authority gain their true stature when seen next to the history of apartheid.Rajan MenonNelson Mandela is now waging what mere mortals would see as life’s greatest battle:...
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Egypt and North Africa's Religious Tumult
The fall of the Brotherhood will reverberate across the top of the continent.Ahmed CharaiAs a Moroccan Muslim following the stunning military-led transition now under way in Egypt, I am reminded of a...
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They're more Chavez than Madison.John Allen GayDavid Brooks caused a firestorm last week when he questioned whether Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has “the mental equipment to govern.” Yet lately we might...
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Washington's Long History in Syria
The 1950s were a decade of U.S. conspiracies in Damascus.Ernesto J. SanchezAs they consider further intervention in Syria, Washington policymakers should be aware of the history of previous U.S....
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