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The Kingdom of Caution

The Kingdom of Caution

by Joshua Teitelbaumvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The land where stability vies ceaselessly with stagnation. By Joshua Teitelbaum.

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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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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 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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Comrades!: A History of World Communism and Trotsky: A Biography

Service speaks at Tallinn University in Estonia

Friday, June 3, 2011

Robert Service, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, professor of Russian History at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) and a noted Russian historian and political commentator, gave various talks in Estonia on May 26, 2011, including “How to Make Sense of Communism” as well as television and print media interviews on his books Comrades!: A History of World Communism and Trotsky: A Biography. On May 29, 2011, Service was interviewed by Mart Laar, former prime minister of Estonia at the Tallinn Literature Festival.

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Davenport: What sort of exceptionalism?

via townhall.com
Thursday, May 26, 2011

David Davenport, counselor to the director and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, notes that President Obama’s foreign policy is confused, in part because he really doesn’t get American exceptionalism.

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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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Barbara Nawratowicz Papers Digitized

Sound Recordings in the Barbara Nawratowicz Papers Digitized

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

More than twenty-five audiotapes from the papers of Barbara Nawratowicz have been digitized for preservation and access by Hoover's audio lab. Nawratowicz was the music director of Radio Free Europe's Polish service; the recordings comprise both spoken-word and musical genres. Many of the recordings are undated; those with dates range from 1952 to 1991.

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The Multiple Futures of the Middle East

by Bernard Lewisvia Hoover Digest
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

“Imperialist designs” have come to an end. Now, says the dean of Mideast studies, the Arab-Muslim lands must shape their own destinies. By Bernard Lewis.

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The Working Group on the Role of Military History in Contemporary Conflict examines how knowledge of past military operations can influence contemporary public policy decisions concerning current conflicts.