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What it Will Take to Intervene in Syria
First Get the Opposition to Work Together January 6, 2012 Michael Weiss Summary: More and more outsiders are calling for a humanitarian intervention in Syria to stop Bashar al-Assad's killing sprees....
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Organized Crime Takes Office April 20, 2012 Moisés Naím Summary: Around the world, criminal organizations and governments are fusing to an unprecedented degree, blurring the distinction between...
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Turkey Is No Partner for Peace
How Ankara’s Sectarianism Hobbles U.S. Syria Policy September 11, 2012 Halil Karaveli Summary: The United States is counting on Turkey to help oust the Syrian regime and bring about a pluralistic...
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How the Weapons Trade is Fracturing the Opposition October 9, 2012 Rania Abouzeid Summary: As Syria’s civil war drags on, the opposition is scrambling to get its hands on weapons funneled into the...
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Breaking Away From Baghdad November 1, 2012 Joost R. Hiltermann Summary: Iraqi Kurdistan is reveling in its newfound oil wealth and growing more estranged from the violent and dysfunctional central...
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Does France Have an Exit Strategy in Mali?
Striking a Balance Between Occupation and Withdrawal February 20, 2013 Etienne de Durand Summary: France's intervention in Mali has so far succeeded, but expelling Islamist militants was the easy...
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The Real Reason Putin Supports Assad
Mistaking Syria for Chechnya March 25, 2013 Fiona Hill Summary: Vladimir Putin's unwavering support for the Assad regime in Syria is best explained by his dread of fracturing states and Sunni Islamism...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of the Failed-State Paradigm
Requiem for a Decade of Distraction December 6, 2013 Michael J. Mazarr Summary: As the recent era of interventionist U.S. state building draws to a close, it is time to acknowledge it was flawed not...
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What Went Wrong in Afghanistan -- and How to Make It Right October 20, 2014 Peter Tomsen Summary: More than 13 years after 9/11, the Afghan war is far from over, even if Washington insists that the...
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Foreign Affairs Focus: Max Boot on Small Wars
October 27, 2014Washington simply doesn’t have the luxury of simply avoiding long wars against brutal insurgencies. Instead, it needs to figure out how to fight them better, argues Max Boot, Jeane...
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