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War: In History’s Shadow
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by Niall Fergusonvia Financial Times
A Century On, the First World War is Still Being Played Out
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by Timothy Garton Ashvia Guardian (UK)
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A History of Nuclear Choices
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by Josef Joffevia Strategika
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Four Things We Get Wrong About World War I
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

A Cold War lesson that’s entirely relevant today: free people need free information. By A. Ross Johnson.

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Saudi King Abdullah, right, and then-president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt

Extending an Invitation to Reform

by Lieutenant Colonel Leif Eckholmvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The United States has always been among the kingdom’s best friends. Who better to help it change? By Leif Eckholm.

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A 1953 photo shows Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the ruler of Iran

Is Started with the Shah

by Abbas Milani, Charlie Rosevia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Hoover fellow Abbas Milani on the rebellions in the Muslim world—and the monarch who set them off. An interview with Charlie Rose.

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Wishing Away the World

by Bruce Thorntonvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Foreign policy doesn’t mean righting every wrong. It means acting in our national interest. By Bruce S. Thornton.

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Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in 1980

Trial of a Thousand Years

by Charles Hillvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Behind the headlines lies an old and basic question: in the clash between Islamism and the nation-state, who will win? By Charles Hill.

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The Enemies of Our Enemy

by Joseph Felter, Brian Fishmanvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

We may not yet know what to do about the Islamists fighting in Libya, but we do know not to repeat certain mistakes. By Joseph Felter and Brian Fishman.

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The Roots of a Freedom Agenda

by Peter Berkowitzvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Arab struggles may be new, but American goals are not. Three recent presidents laid the groundwork. By Peter Berkowitz.

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An Unpredictable Wind

An Unpredictable Wind

by Peter Berkowitz, Victor Davis Hanson, Peter M. Robinsonvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The causes, the players, and the likely consequences of the Arab eruptions. A conversation with Hoover fellows Peter Berkowitz, Victor Davis Hanson, and Peter Robinson.

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Trial of a Thousand Years

by Charles Hillvia Hoover Institution Press
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Charles Hill analyzes the refusal of the ideologues of pan-Islam to accept the boundaries and responsibilities of the order of states.

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The Butchery of Hitler and Stalin

by James Kirchickvia Policy Review
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

James Kirchick on Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder.

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