Defining Ideas by topic: Diplomacy

January 2, 2013
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The Art of Protest in 2012

by Camille Pecastaing (Contributor to the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order)
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In the Middle East, violence appears to be the great equalizer.
December 20, 2012
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A Short History of Amorous Generals

by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)
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Many were as pursuant of women as they were of the enemy—and the former rarely impaired the latter.
December 19, 2012
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The New Japanese Nationalism

by Toshio Nishi (Research Fellow)
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A once-reserved country fuels itself on indignation and catharsis.
November 15, 2012
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The Other Tragic Foreign Story

by Thomas H. Henriksen (Senior Fellow)
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In Afghanistan, fratricide-style insider attacks are calling into question U.S. counter-terrorism strategy.
October 22, 2012
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Obama's Foreign Policy Delusion

by Bruce Thornton (Research Fellow and W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, 2009–10, 2010–11)
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The president’s democracy promotion has resoundingly failed in the Middle East.
October 11, 2012
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The Economic Future of Venezuela

by William Ratliff (Research Fellow)
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Can the country survive yet another term of Chavismo?
September 26, 2012
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Morsi, Obama & the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship

by Fouad Ajami (Senior Fellow and cochair, Working Group on Islamism and the International Order)
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The American president gets schooled in the ways of the Arab world.
September 18, 2012
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John Locke’s Lesson for the Arab World

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Intolerance is inconsistent with democratic pluralism.
August 23, 2012
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A Cold War for Iran

by Abraham D. Sofaer (George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs and member of the Task Force on Energy Policy)
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U.S. grand strategy should punish aggression, engage in diplomacy, and advance American interests.
August 22, 2012
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“Give Up Sovereignty!”

by Russell A. Berman (Senior Fellow and member of the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order)
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Germany debates whether democracy is compatible with the European project.