Policy Disruption by NIE
On December 3, 2007, the U.S. intelligence community declassified the key judgments portion of the November 2007 National Intelligence...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Policy Disruption by NIE
A nation must think before it acts.
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Understanding Kenya
While most Americans were preoccupied with the holidays, Bowl games, and the Iowa caucus, Kenya had a presidential election....
Americanism vs. Islamism: A Personal Perspective
12th Annual Templeton Lecture on Religion and World Affairs: My venturing into public discussions on the intersection between religion...
America’s “Long War(s)”
The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review Report asserted that the United States is engaged in a “long war” against Islamic terrorism, a...
Bush, the Nudge-in-Chief
President Bush’s long-awaited and much-demanded personal engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian tangle has finally begun. Visiting Jerusalem and Ramallah in...
Kind of Blue?: Implications of Taiwan’s 2008 Elections
The Kuomintang won a sweeping victory in Taiwan’s parliamentary elections on January 12, 2008. This, and the enhanced prospect...
Iran, Russia, and the Bomb
The new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran is an awkward document, one subject to widely divergent interpretations, but providing...
After the Surge: The Only Iraq Worth Fighting For
The best way for a big power to fight an insurgency is to avoid fighting it in the first...
Annapolis: Three-Ring Diplomacy
The Middle East Peace Conference convened by the United States on November 27, 2007, met in a spirit of...
Dereliction of Duty Redux?
It is clear by now that the protracted war in Iraq uncovered fissures and dysfunctional elements involved in American...