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December 7, 2006

Wars and Conflict
Simon: ISG Report Essentially Calls for U.S. to ‘Cut and Run’ from Iraq

Steven Simon, an expert on Middle East security issues, says his overall impression of the Iraq Study Group report is that “it was a variation on ‘cut and run,’” which President Bush has vowed he wou…

Interview by Steven Simon and Bernard Gwertzman

December 11, 2006

International Organizations
Hyde Cites Unfinished Business on UN Reform, Public Diplomacy

The retiring chairman of the House International Relations Committee, Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL), says Washington needs to be tough on reforming the United Nations. He also urges the new Democratic major…

Interview by Rep. Henry Hyde and Robert McMahon

March 11, 2008

Wars and Conflict
Hormats: Iraq War Historic for Lack of Cost Transparency

Robert Hormats, the vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International, discusses hidden economic costs of the Iraq war and urges frank discussion of the U.S. military budget.

Interview by Robert D. Hormats and Lee Hudson Teslik

March 23, 2011

Bahrain
Un-Unified Oppositions in Bahrain and Yemen

Opposition movements in Bahrain and Yemen are hobbled by societal and sectarian divisions that were finessed in Tunisia and Egypt, says Middle East expert Kristin Smith Diwan.

Interview by Kristin Smith Diwan and Bernard Gwertzman Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Program

June 5, 2003

Iraq
Former CIA Official on Iraq Intelligence and Monday Morning Quarterbacks

Judith Yaphe, who served 20 years as the senior analyst on Middle Eastern and Persian Gulf issues in the Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis for the Central Intelligence Agency, and was …

Interview by Judith Yaphe and Bernard Gwertzman