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January 28, 2015

U.S. Foreign Policy
Freedom in the World 2015

The invaluable annual report on "Freedom in the World" from Freedom House has just been published. The bottom line is grim:   More aggressive tactics by authoritarian regimes and an upsurge …

November 5, 2014

United States
Ten Cold War Novels Worth Reading

If you want to know the facts about the Cold War, you should read histories and memoirs. If you want to know how the Cold War felt, you should read novels. Why? Because “fiction reveals truths that r…

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December 20, 2013

Holiday Reading

There will not be much in the way of blogging while I am away with my family.  From the Potomac to the Euphrates will return when I return.  In the meantime, I’ve put together a brief list of what "T…

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December 4, 2013

Egypt
What to Do About Egypt

With the Muslim Brotherhood sidelined for the time being and the military once again firmly in charge, the Egyptian political landscape has settled into a three-way stalemate between the Islamists, s…

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