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The War of Ideas Will Be Televised 27 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Among long-time observers of Middle East politics, the sorry state of Israeli hasbara, as the country's foreign image-building is called in Hebrew, is something akin to the stuff of legend. Time and a...
Israel's Reshuffled Strategic Deck 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
In 2012, amid the ongoing ferment of the so-called "Arab Spring," officials throughout the Israeli government were expressing deep concern about their country's strategic position, and the potential f...
Epitaph For The Turkish Model 22 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Last summer, when the so-called "Arab Spring" was in full bloom, the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey was riding high. Within the Washington Beltway, policy studies extolled the virtues of...
Terror Can Leak In Through America's Borders 15 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Late last month, the State Department submitted its long-awaited report to Congress on Iran's activities in Latin America. That study, mandated as part of the Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere...
The Russian Beachhead In Nicaragua Keeps Growing 9 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
What is Russia up to in the Western Hemisphere? That's a question increasingly on the minds of Latin America watchers, who have noticed signs that Moscow is again setting up shop south of the U.S. bor...
In Egypt, Rethinking The Revolution 2 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Is Egypt on the cusp of counterrevolution? Over the weekend, Egyptians took to the streets en masse throughout the country to protest the decline and political disorder that have come to define the ru...
Iran's New President Won't Compromise 27 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
History, it is said, doesn't repeat itself, but occasionally it does rhyme. So it is with Western policy toward Iran, which is on the verge of returning to the costly rhythm of the past. To understand...
Running On Empty In Cairo 26 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
The Egyptian government is, quite literally, running out of gas. So says the country's petroleum minister, who estimates that Egypt is on track to deplete key strategic energy reserves in the very nea...
Iran's Rigged Election 24 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
Iranians closed the page on the tumultuous eight-year tenure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when they went to the polls on June 14 to pick a new president. In a national election marked by tremendous fervor a...
Trouble On The Chinese Seas 19 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
Media coverage of the June 7-8 "shirt sleeves" summit between President Obama and new Chinese president Xi Jinping in Rancho Mirage, California has largely focused on the two issues that dominated the...
