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State and the Stateswoman
Michael E. O'Hanlon
Hillary
Clinton has had a solid tenure as secretary of state. There have been
plenty of accomplishments and no major failures, but nor has there been
any world-historical Clinton Doctrine. More than anything else, her
continued effort to create one
might just lead her to the Oval Office. Read
Essay - Jan/Feb 2013
The Promise of the Arab Spring
Sheri Berman
It's
easy to be pessimistic about the Arab Spring, given the
post-revolutionary turmoil the Middle East is now experiencing. But
critics forget that it takes time for new democracies to transcend their
authoritarian pasts. As the history of political development
elsewhere shows, things get better. Read
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Essay - Jan/Feb 2013
The Mirage of the Arab Spring
Seth G. Jones
The
Arab uprisings of 2011, once a great source of hope for democracy
enthusiasts, have given way to sectarian clashes and political
instability. The Middle East has not yet shed its authoritarian yoke,
and the United States needs a policy that reflects that
reality. Read
Collection
Gallery: Revolution Graffiti
Snapshot
The Reign of Rahul
Sumit Ganguly
Late
this month, India's Congress Party created a new post -- party vice
president -- and then named Rahul Gandhi to it. The effort, led by party
elite, was meant to shore up the status of this scion of the powerful
Gandhi-Nehru clan and place him on the path to
the prime ministership. In a maturing Indian democracy, though, such
tricks may no longer work for Gandhi or for the party. Read
Snapshot
Congress Is Already Post-Partisan
Joshua W. Busby, Jonathan Monten, Jordan Tama, and William Inboden
With
all the acrimony over President Barack Obama's cabinet
nominees and the continuing investigations into the September 11 attacks
in Benghazi, prospects for bipartisan cooperation on U.S. foreign
policy may look bleak. But the results of a new survey reveal that the
U.S. Congress is more unified on foreign policy issues than first meets
the eye. Read
Comment - Jan/Feb 2013
Do Less Harm
Sarah Holewinski
The
Afghanistan and Iraq wars taught the United States painful lessons
about the need to limit harm to civilians and compensate victims for
their suffering. Now Washington must turn that ad hoc progress into a
permanent policy, followed not only by its
military but also by those of its partners as well. Read
Essay - Jan/Feb 2013
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