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December 17, 2010

Roundup

Shi’ite pilgrims pray at Imam Abbas shrine in the holy city of Kerbala in Iraq. Shi’ite Muslims are commemorating Ashura, the most important day in the Shi’ite calendar which remembers the death of…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

January 12, 2011

Defense and Security
TWE Remembers: Congress’s Vote to Authorize the Gulf War

  On this day in 1991, Congress voted to authorize President George H.W. Bush to use military force against Iraq to end the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. The House vote was 250 to 183. The Senat…

George H.W. Bush in Kuwait
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

February 4, 2011

Egypt
The Mind of Hosni Mubarak

Americans must wonder why Egypt’s president does not understand what seems obvious to so many of us: that he should step down now and thereby help bring Egypt’s crisis to an end. Mubarak gave his own…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

February 14, 2011

Egypt
Egyptian Military’s Moment of Truth

Egyptian soldiers chat as they stand on their tank before moving to another location at Tahrir Square in Cairo on February 12, 2011 (Dylan Martinez/Courtesy Reuters) Hi everyone, Here is my "firs…

Egyptian soldiers chat as they stand on their tank before moving to another location at Tahrir Square in Cairo on February 12, 2011 (Dylan Martinez/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

February 24, 2011

Middle East and North Africa
Who’s the Superpower? Lessons from Libya

China is sending a warship, among other planes and ships, to evacuate its citizens from Libya. According to the report, "The PLA Navy has just dispatched Xuzhou, a Type 054 Jiangkai-II class missile …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points