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International Affairs Forum Interview: Macedonian Parliament Member Liljana Popovska

Interview with Macedonian Parliament Member Liljana Popovska (Democratic Renewal of Macedonia) (in Macedonian). By Violeta Dzoleva, (IA-Forum, 5/15/2006) Read More...

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Spiegel Interview With Iran's President Ahmadinejad:

The Iranian President discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran's nuclear ambitions. By: Stefan Aust, Gerhard Spörl and Dieter Bednarz. (Der Spiegel, 5/30/2006) Read More...

Taking the wrong steps in Iraq

The author argues that the current US policies in Iraq will lead to continued violence, national disunity, and eventual civil war. By Thomas X. Hammes. (International Herald Tribune, 6/1/2006) Read More...

Russia’s NGO Law: An Attack on Freedom and Civil Society

The author describes the impact of a recently passed bill that gives the state tight control over NGOs. By Yevgeny Volk. (Heritage Foundation, 5/24/2006) Read More...

Egypt, where farmers don’t seem to live anymore

The author discusses the critical need for comprehensive land reform in Egypt. By Maria Golia. (Daily Star, 5/27/2006) Read More...

How UN Pressure on Hizballah Impedes Lebanese Reform

The author argues that western demands on Hizballah to halt its military activities perpetuate Lebanon’s political gridlock and hinder efforts to reform the country’s corrupt and inefficient system. ... Read More...

Rising Tensions Between Turkey’s AKP and the Courts

The author discusses how the AKP’s antisecularist stance could lead to early elections in Turkey, which have the potential to threaten the party’s domination of parliament. By Soner Cagaptay. (Washi... Read More...

North Korea’s Military-First Policy: A Curse or a Blessing?

The author argues that the extensive role of the military in North Korea has the potential to be positive for the country's economic and infrastructure development. By Alexander V. Vorontsov. (Brook... Read More...

Securing Baghdad is a numbers game

The author argues that in order to secure and stabilize the Iraqi capital, the US needs to deploy more troops and security forces. By Max Boot. (Council on Foreign Relations, 5/24/2006). Read More...

The Persian Complex

The author writes that Iran's quest for nuclear technology rises from a decades-old search for international respect born from decades of colonial domination by the western Great Powers. By Abbas Aman... Read More...

The Taliban comeback: Losing Afghanistan

The author examines the role of Pakistan in aiding the rising influence of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The author also provides several policy recommendations for both the Afghan government and the i... Read More...

Lending a Helping Hand

The authors suggest how the Bush administration can effectively respond to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s proposal in order to make a two-state solution possible and avoid renewed Israeli-Palest... Read More...

Japan and the Two Koreas: The Challenges and Prospects of Confidence Building

Research paper that explores Korean-Japanese relations, providing a historial perspective and analysis. By Dr. John Olushola Magbadelo. (3/14/2006) Read More...

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China's Africa Strategy

The authors discuss how and why China has begun to play a larger role in Africa. They also offer possible implications of the increased Sino influence both in terms of Africa’s development and Americ... Read More...

Why Insist on the Surrender of Ratko Miladic?

The author questions whether the arrest of Ratko Miladic, the Serbian general responsible for ethnic cleansing in Sarajevo and Srebrenica in the 1990's, is a fair price for Serbia's entry into the Eur... Read More...

Arab Public Opinion and the Trial of Saddam Hussein

The author argues that the trial of former President Saddam Hussein has failed in aiding the process of healing and reconstruction in Iraq. Rather, it has merely served to reemphasize sectarian divis... Read More...

Military muscles bulging in SE Asia

Southeast Asia's arms market is booming, as governments in the region shell out funds for everything from light arms to fighter jets in a gathering race to keep pace with their neighbors. By David Is... Read More...

A Realistic Idealism

Recent events in the Middle East have revived the old debate between foreign-policy realists and idealists. The former secretary of state advocates a blend of the two views. By Madeleine Albright. (Wa... Read More...

Three Iraqs Would Be One Big Problem

The author writes that a plan to divide Iraq into three ethnic provinces would not halt the insurgency and allow US troops to leave Iraq, but rather would exacerbate the situation. By Anthony H. Corde... Read More...

The Russian Nuclear Arsenal

This case study examines evolution of the Russian nuclear forces since the fall of the Soviet Union in the context of adjusting the size and role of the nuclear arsenal to the requirements of the po... Read More...

Iran and the Nuclear Question

Is it in Iran's interest to develop nuclear weapons? (5/8/2006) Read More...

Women in Post-Saddam Iraq: One Step Forward or Two Steps Back?

This article argues that although the removal of Saddam’s dictatorship in 2003 has now allowed for the entry of a myriad of progressive NGOs, and new pro-female emancipation government policies, resur... Read More...

Playing to the Home Crowd in Iran

The author writes that similar to the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis that solidified the religious authorities' control over Iran, today's nuclear standoff with the United States and the West is intended... Read More...

Integrationism, interests and power in a troubled European Union(II)

An interview with Federico Bordonaro, Europe Editor, Senior Analyst with the Power and Interest News Report, by Stefan Bocioaca, editor of the Romanian website globalizarea.com. (April 2006) Read More...

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IA-Forum Transcript: General Anthony Zinni

Transcript of event featuring frormer United States Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni who spoke about military conflict and his new book, Battle for Peace. By Michael Loeb. (IA-Forum, 4/112006) Read More...

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Fear of the West in Russia

An increasingly wide "values gap" has opened between Russia and the West. Russians are rejecting the liberal secularism of the West and returning to old-style paternalism under Putin's hard-line leade... Read More...

Unity Through Autonomy in Iraq

The authors write that the Bush Administration has spent three years in a futile effort to create a strong central government in Iraq but lack a political settlement among the divergent ethnic groups,... Read More...

Time to Talk with Iran

Instead of talking about each other, it's time for the US and Iran to talk to each other about issues critical to both sides. By Robert E. Hunter. (Washington Post, 4/26/2006) Read More...

Proposals put forward to advance Sino-US relations

Discusses President Hu Jintao's recent visit to the United States. (China Daily, 4/22/2006) Read More...

Why Are They Speaking Up Now?

The retired US military generals who have recently criticized the Iraq war should have spoken up while on active duty. By Melvin R. Laird and Robert E. Pursley. (Washington Post, 4/19/2006) Read More...

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