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May 2011
Stewart Patrick shows that assumptions about the threats posed by failing states--or "weak links"--are based on anecdotal arguments and that policymakers should rethink what they assume about state failure and transnational insecurity.
See more in International Peace and Security
March 2011
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana tells the story of a young entrepreneur whose business created jobs and hope for women in her Kabul, Afghanistan, neighborhood during the Taliban years.
See more in Afghanistan, Economic Development, Women
January 2011
A contrarian analysis of how the United States can succeed in the technological race with Asia.
See more in United States, China, India, Technology and Foreign Policy
November 2010
A balanced, even-handed account of the forces that are driving Iran, Israel, and the United States toward crisis, and what can be done to defuse it.
See more in Iran, Israel, Wars and Warfare
October 2010
A penetrating look at American wars over the last century.
See more in United States, Wars and Warfare
September 2010
Micah Zenko examines the discrete military operations undertaken by the United States over the past twenty years to discern why they were used, if they achieved their objectives, and what determined their success or failure.
See more in United States, Wars and Warfare
June 2010
In The Icarus Syndrome, Peter Beinart tells a tale as old as the Greeks--a story about the seductions of success.
See more in United States, Foreign Policy History
June 2010
Sebastian Mallaby has written the first authoritative history of hedge funds--from their rebel beginnings to their role in defining the future of finance.
See more in Economics
May 2010
In Paradise Beneath Her Feet, Isobel Coleman shows how Muslim women and men are fighting back with progressive interpretations of Islam to support women's rights in a growing movement of Islamic feminism.
See more in Middle East, Women
Gayle Lemmon tells the remarkable story of a young entrepreneur whose business created jobs and hope for women in her Kabul, Afghanistan, neighborhood during the Taliban years.
Adam Segal offers a contrarian analysis of how the United States can succeed in the technological race with Asia.
A penetrating look at American wars over the last century by Gideon Rose, editor of Foreign Affairs.
David A. Shirk analyzes the drug war in Mexico and argues that the United States should help Mexico address its pressing crime and corruption problems.
This Task Force report assesses U.S. objectives, strategy, and policy options in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It supports a long-term partnership with Pakistan, calls for a new approach to Afghan political reform, reconciliation, and regional diplomacy, and says that a more limited U.S. mission in Afghanistan would be warranted if the present strategy does not show signs of progress.
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