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October 25, 2009
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Joshua Kurlantzick writes that, "if the U.S. relationship with Afghanistan eventually resembles the one we now have with Vietnam, we should be overjoyed."
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July 20, 2009
Op-Ed
Time Magazine
Leslie H. Gelb remembers Robert McNamara.
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February 13, 2009
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Max Boot compares the U.S. decision to back the overthrow of South Vietnam president Ngo Dihn Diem in 1963 to signals from U.S. senior officials that they want to replace Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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February 3, 2009
Transcript
NYU history professor Marilyn Young engages in a wide-ranging discussion on the lessons of the Vietnam War.
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December 10, 2008
Backgrounder
Vietnam's stock market has plunged and its economic growth has dwindled since 2006, when it was seen as a model for emerging country growth. The country's experience highlights the problems confronting emerging markets in the 2008 financial crisis.
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January 1, 2008
Article
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson write that "the history of the Vietnam War teaches that to preserve American strength and prestige, we must begin withdrawing from Iraq now."
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September 1, 2007
Must Read
In this policy research working paper, the World Bank aims to examine the resulting impact of climate change on hydropower projects. Three projects are considered: India, Sri Lanka, and
Vietnam.
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July 22, 2007
Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
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January 22, 2007
Must Read
This report from Foreign Policy in Focus draws numerous parallels between the US policies and experiences in Iraq and Vietnam.
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