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Many Muslims in Saudi Arabia believe that the core values of Islam, namely acknowledgement of God's sovereignty and basic human equality before…
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Isn’t everyone’s life a mass of contradictions?
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We like democracy because why? The pathologies of the U.S. version are so obvious in the aftermath of the latest averted crisis…
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Even a lame-duck president can be affected by a clear midterm message if he wants to see his vice president elected and…
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When we put our trust in diplomacy, it is not because it is an inspiring or uplifting discourse or because it helps…
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In an ideological age, diplomacy may seem weak and prosaic. But sometimes it is all we have.
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The transformation of the United States from a traditional republic to a democratic nation run in large measure by a single executive…
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The modern presidency, as expressed in the policies of the administration of George W. Bush, provides the strongest piece of evidence that…
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The rise of the presidency began with the Louisiana Purchase, which in 1803 doubled the land mass of the United States. History…
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The administration of George W. Bush, emboldened by the Sept. 11 attacks and the backing of a Republican Congress, has sought to…
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In 1953, after the armistice ending the Korean War, South Korea lay in ruins. President Eisenhower was eager to put an end…
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Iraqi national identity under Saddam Hussein never truly incorporated Shiites or Kurds. Sunnis, who identified most closely with the Iraqi nation, remain…
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You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.
— John Abizaid
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... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one…
— Unknown Author
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Netanyahu and his coalition have no strategy of their own except endless counterinsurgency against the backdrop of a steadily deteriorating diplomatic positionThe…
— Unknown Author
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I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody,…
— Michael Mullen
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The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of…
— Michael Hastings
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Faced with the collapse of Iraq into something like Lebanon - or worse, Somalia - the Bush administration opted for a new…
— Noah Feldman
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The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a…
— David Petraeus
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Well, the oil, the oil spot, if you will, is a, is a term in counterinsurgency literature that connotes a peaceful area,…
— David Petraeus
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