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August 19, 2015

Middle East and North Africa
Is President Sisi a Bulwark Against Terrorism?

There are very few people nowadays ignoring the growing repression in Egypt. Most recently, a new "counter-terrorism" law was imposed this week--but it snuffs out free speech more than terror. Even t…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 17, 2015

United States
Guest Post: Shifting Allegiances - Rethinking U.S.-Pakistan Relations

Aliza Litchman is an intern in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations.  The once strong U.S.-Pakistan relationship may be set to expire. Since the Afghan-Soviet war (19…

China and Pakistan
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

August 2, 2012

Defense and Security
The World Next Week: Congress’s Recess, Syrian Violence, Hiroshima Anniversary, and NASA’s Mars Mission

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed where things stand in Washington as Congress recesses for the summer; the continued violence in Syria; the 67th anniversary of the Hiros…

Darkness sets in over the U.S. Capitol building. (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

July 19, 2012

Trade
Morning Brief: Simpson and Bowles Campaign to Fix the Debt

Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson have founded a non-partisan organization to advocate for budgetary reform, the Campaign to Fix the Debt. The organization will focus on policy development and educatio…

Alan Simpson (L) and Erskine Bowles (R), co-founders of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, speak at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce "Jobs for America Summit 2010" in Washington, July 14, 2010 (Larry Downing/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Renewing America Staff Renewing America

May 31, 2011

International Organizations
BRICS, or Straw Men? Why the Next IMF Head Will Be European

France's Finance and Economy Minister Christine Lagarde shakes hands with Brazil's Central Bank President Alexandre Tombini during a meeting in Brasilia on May 30, 2011 (Ueslei Marcelino/ Courtesy Re…

BRICS, or Straw Men? Why the Next IMF Head Will Be European
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist