Geopolitics
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Foreign Affairs
Morsi down, Saudis up in battle for Syria
Mohammed Morsi’s call for holy war in Syria spooked the Egyptian military, and it alarmed the Saudis too. I suspect…
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Egyptian crisis: It’s the 'holy war,' stupid
It took a couple of weeks for the crisis to come to a head. But the origins of the Morsi…
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U.S. in Afghanistan: Of course we negotiate with terrorists
In a sign of the surreality into which we have descended under the Obama administration, the media have been reporting…
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Rohani: A 'moderate' game-changer?
A reader at The Optimistic Conservative pointed out that the media outlets hailing the election of Hassan Rohani, a so-called…
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The Shakiest Nukes in the West
“Listen up, yo: I’m deterring you now” In case everyone in Northeast Asia missed it, in spite of their intelligence…
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Russian bombers do Guam
The Washington Free Beacon reports that the Russian Tu-95 “Bear” bomber aircraft operated near Guam on 12 February, a few…
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