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February 18, 2011

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: Mubarak Is Gone, Now Comes the Hard Part

A family of Egyptian pro-democracy supporters ride on a motorcycle carrying an Egyptian flag after Friday prayers near Tahrir Square in Cairo. (Amr Dalsh/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. The TV cam…

A family of Egyptian pro-democracy supporters ride on a motorcycle carrying an Egyptian flag after Friday prayers near Tahrir Square in Cairo
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 24, 2011

Diplomacy and International Institutions
TWE on Camera: Scowcroft on Avoiding Mission Creep in Libya

Former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2007. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters) Yesterday I had the pleasure and honor to sit down with…

Former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in 2007.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

February 29, 2012

Human Rights
Syria: The Limits of Diplomacy

Below is the first installment in a series of three posts looking specifically at the prevailing debates on Syria and what to do about the situation there. In mid January, I wrote a piece on The Atl…

Syria-Limits-of-Diplomacy
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

March 4, 2012

Iran
Revisiting High Oil Prices and the U.S. Economy

Given how oil is back in the media spotlight and as oil markets brace for the implementation of the Iranian oil embargo, it seems as good a time as any to revisit the question of high oil prices and …

Revisiting High Oil Prices and the U.S. Economy
Blog Post by Daniel P. Ahn Energy, Security, and Climate

June 13, 2012

China
Guest Post: Nigeria Hit by Domestic, Regional, and Global Headwinds

This is a guest post by Jim Sanders, a career, now retired, West Africa watcher for various federal agencies. The views expressed below are his personal views and do not reflect those of his former e…

A view of the trading floor at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) at the end of trading hours in Lagos April 24, 2012.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition