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December 2, 2011
Friday File: Does the United States Matter Less?
A shrimp boat trawling near the mouth of the Atchafalaya River near Morgan City, Louisiana. (Sean Gardner/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. I had the good fortune to spend the last two days at a con…
May 10, 2013
Defense and Security
You Might Have Missed: Syrian Air Defenses? Drones, and Benghazi
Olga Khazan, “Interview: NATO Supreme Allied Commander on Syria and Soft Power,” The Atlantic, May 9, 2013. But one strike is a very different proposition than launching a big campaign. The benefit …
December 26, 2012
United States
America’s Failing Drone War in Yemen
In February, Eric Schmitt wrote in the New York Times about the Obama administration’s emerging Yemen strategy, whereby U.S. and Yemeni intelligence and military officials would “work together to kil…
September 29, 2015
Egypt
Sisi’s Struggle for Egypt
I have always wondered why leaders of foreign countries feel the need to publish opinion pieces in American newspapers of record. Who exactly are they trying to influence? The folks at the White Hous…
September 15, 2011
You Might Have Missed: Al-Qaeda, China, and Preventive Diplomacy
Security Council members vote on a Libyan resolution during a Security Council Meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York on March 18, 2011 (Jessica Rinaldi/Courtesy Reuters). - Carl Bialik, “Shadowy …
