Why Did Saddam Want the Bomb? The Israel Factor and the Iraqi Nuclear Program
Introduction On March 27, 1979, Saddam Hussein, the de facto ruler and soon-to-be president of Iraq, laid out his...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Why Did Saddam Want the Bomb? The Israel Factor and the Iraqi Nuclear Program
A nation must think before it acts.
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The Summer of Canadian Content—2011
There have been other times in recent Canadian history when circumstances were going very nicely, thank you, north of...
Russia’s Anxieties About the Arab Revolution
By June 2011, the Arab revolutions had evolved into a series of disconnected but increasingly violent civil wars—particularly in...
Strait Ahead? China’s Fifth Generation Leaders and Beijing’s Taiwan Policy
Beijing’s current Taiwan policy is likely to remain in place as the People’s Republic of China (PRC) begins a...
Why Taiwan Matters
The current state of U.S.-Taiwan relations leaves much to be desired. A recent analysis describes the island’s narrowing options,...
Jordan’s Protests: Arab Spring Lite?
Wasat al-Balad Demonstrations No Arab state has been able to ignore the sweeping changes of the Arab Spring. It...
Taiwan: Sovereignty and Participation in International Organizations
Statehood? The question of Taiwan’s sovereignty and status generally evokes three strands of discussion. First, does Taiwan meet the...
The Arab Uprisings of 2011: Ibn Khaldûn Encounters Civil Society
The journalistic notion of an “Arab Spring” is faulty on two counts. Climatologically, from Morocco to Yemen, it is...
The Moroccan Spring
CASABLANCA—Across the Arab world, we see mass demonstrations, armed revolts or messy, uncertain transitions to democracy — except in...
China and India: A Rivalry Takes Shape
With the world riveted by Chinese aggressiveness against Japan and Southeast Asian states in recent months, one country has...