Publications

Americans share two misperceptions of Iraqi politics and society. One is that ethnic conflict is endemic to Iraqi society. Another is that Iraqis lack a tradition of civil society, cultural tolerance, and political participation. Both perceptions are contradicted by...

From Beijing and Moscow, Paris and Berlin, Baghdad and other capitals, from the floor of the United Nations and the streets of American cities, and from the mouths of pundits and experts, we hear the common complaint: the United...

Al Qaeda’s actions on September 11, 2001, demonstrated the use of a new form of warfare, requiring relatively modest resources and aimed at achieving maximum disruption of the morale and the economic core of Western society. Unlike the attacks...

A great deal of antiwar activism has erupted lately, characterized most typically by street demonstrations in Western Europe and the United States. In response to this activism, a good deal of print and radio commentary has already entered the...

As the U.S.-led war on terror gains momentum and the Bush administration contemplates military operations against Iraq, Turkey gains in geostrategic importance. America’s ally and a NATO member since 1953, Turkey’s location, right in the middle of the Southern...

The Palestinian intifada is dying. It is being choked by Israeli Defense Forces meticulously decimating the West Bank’s terrorist infrastructure while Gaza remains hermetically sealed. Hamas or other terrorist factions can still trigger an event, such as the bombings...

Is it possible to make meaningful estimates of the likely casualties that would be suffered by U.S. military personnel, Iraqi troops, Iraqi civilians, and other civilian populations in a U.S.-led war to overthrow Saddam Hussein’s regime? Answering the questions...

The term “great game” was originally coined by Rudyard Kipling to label the nineteenth-century Anglo-Russian rivalry for hegemony in Central Asia. Since the demise of the USSR, the term has been used liberally by observers of the region to...

It has been noted by many, including Morton Abramowitz, former president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, that neither President Bush nor Secretary of State Colin Powell has made any comprehensive statement on foreign policy. Abramowitz maintains that the...

In a September 2001 address to the United Nations, Mexico’s ambassador Jorge Eduardo Navarrete noted that while “globalization, which is the name we have given to the way the world now functions,” has created new development opportunities, not all...