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The Surge in Iraq: An Early Assessment

with John Abizaidvia Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Monday, May 7, 2007

On April 26, 2007, Jeffrey White, Andrew Exum, and Michael Eisenstadt addressed The Washington Institute's Special Policy Forum...

Analysis and Commentary

London's bridge has fallen down

by Niall Fergusonvia Los Angeles Times
Monday, May 7, 2007

As Tony Blair prepares to step down after 10 years as British prime minister, he has surely learned one thing: Foreign policy is not something you can make up as you go along...

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Former U.S. Central Command Chief General John Abizaid Appointed Hoover Distinguished Visiting Fellow

with John Abizaid, George P. Shultz, John Raisianvia Business Wire
Monday, May 7, 2007

General John Philip Abizaid, U.S. Army (Ret.), has been named the first Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University...

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Former top commander of U.S. forces in Mideast heading to Stanford University think tank

with John Abizaid, John Raisianvia Associated Press
Monday, May 7, 2007

Gen. John Abizaid, who spent three years as the top commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, will start his retirement as a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution...

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When catastrophe strikes blame a black swan

with Niall Fergusonvia Times
Sunday, May 6, 2007

When, on July 7, 2005, four young British men blew themselves up on London’s transport network, killing 52 innocent people and injuring hundreds of others, should we have been fully prepared for it?

Analysis and Commentary

Will we recognise the landscape without him?

by Niall Ferguson with Timothy Garton Ashvia Telegraph
Saturday, May 5, 2007

Foreign policy is not something you can make up as you go along...

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Pentagon Releases Iraq War Survey

with Thomas H. Henriksenvia ABC 7 News (CA)
Friday, May 4, 2007

The Pentagon has released a troubling survey of the toll the war in Iraq is taking on U.S. troops...

Analysis and Commentary

Hooked On Trivia While Threats Fester

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Real Clear Politics
Thursday, May 3, 2007

Americans for weeks woke up and went to bed to news updates about Anna Nicole Smith's death and the fate of her daughter...

Analysis and Commentary

When civil war spreads

by Niall Fergusonvia BBC News
Thursday, May 3, 2007

As a consequence of a botched Anglo-American occupation, Iraq is now in the midst of a civil war - already one of the biggest in the world since 1945 - with the kind of escalating cycle of tit-for-tat killing and ethnic cleansing that can last for years, even decades...

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Draft or no draft?

with Milton Friedmanvia Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Should the United States institute mass military conscription? All this week, Phillip Carter and Austin Bay debate American military preparedness...

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