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Cold War in Warm Waters: US-China’s Dangerous Contest for Asia-Pacific

There is no escaping the fact that the deceptively serene waters of the South China Sea are now also grounds for a nascent but real new cold war.…

India-Pakistan: Missing NCBMs

The two states are working overtime to ensure mutual deterrence. …

What Iran Can Do for Lebanon’s Palestinians

BEIRUT — “My friends and I like Iran. Maybe they will ask their friends in Lebanon to help baba (daddy) to be allowed to work and our family allowed to…

When is an ‘NGO’ not an NGO? Twists and Turns Beneath the Cairo Skies

When is an ‘NGO’ not an NGO? Twists and Turns Beneath the Cairo Skies

A confusing controversy between the United States and Egypt is unfolding. It has already raised tensions in the relationship between the two countries to a level that has not existed…

US AFRICOM Reborn in Djibouti

US AFRICOM Reborn in Djibouti

The visit to Djibouti by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in late 2011 seems to be an omen foretelling the rebirth of the US African Command’s (AFRICOM) base in the…

Revealing the Obvious

The 'leaked' NATO report on the military situation in Afghanistan was largely recycled information, useful for the official leakers and journalists who got the scoop.…

Growing Indo-Japan Ties with an Eye on China

Since 2003-04, India has been the biggest beneficiary of Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) policy.…

The Menace of Present & Future Drone Warfare

The Menace of Present & Future Drone Warfare

The U.S. reliance on attack drones to engage in targeted killing, especially in third countries (Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, Pakistan) has raised controversial international law issues.…

Israel Vying for War: Attacking Iran Will Not Repeat History

Israel Vying for War: Attacking Iran Will Not Repeat History

If history ever repeats itself, it does so only when we fail to learn its important lessons. Israel might be prepared to take such chances, but why should the rest…

Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Zero Problems with Neighbors Revisited

Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Zero Problems with Neighbors Revisited

We can only hope that Turkey stays the Davutoglu course, pursuing every opening that enables positive mutual relations among countries and using its diplomatic stature to encourage peaceful conflict resolution…

Will Iran Be Attacked?

Will Iran Be Attacked?

Washington has made tremendous preparations for a military assault on Iran. …

Don’t Ask. Lebanese Schools Won’t Tell!

Don’t Ask. Lebanese Schools Won’t Tell!

Why Did Palestinian Refugees Come to Lebanon?…

The January Jobs Are Statistical Artifacts

The January Jobs Are Statistical Artifacts

This good news is a mirage. It is due to faulty seasonal adjustments and to the BLS birth/death model.…

Ironies of Israeli military threats and Western economic sanctions against Iran

Ironies of Israeli military threats and Western economic sanctions against Iran

Over the past several weeks, Iran’s nuclear program has occupied a central place in the reports of mainstream Western media and demonization of Iran has reached new levels.…

Economics Lesson 1

Economics Lesson 1

The consequence of printing money when jobs have been moved offshore is an inflationary depression. This catastrophe could begin to unfold this year or in 2013.…

30 years after the Massacre at Sabra-Shatila Lebanese politicians still block Palestinian rights

30 years after the Massacre at Sabra-Shatila Lebanese politicians still block Palestinian rights

We all know it is not just American and Lebanese politicians who use Palestinian refugees as political footballs during electoral campaigns; but they are currently the two most egregious apart…

The Neo-Islamists

The Neo-Islamists

There is a new emerging breed of Islamists, the neo-Islamists, who are likely to debunk conventional wisdom and opt for a departure from that image.…

Nuclear Free Middle East: Desirable, Necessary, and Impossible

Nuclear Free Middle East: Desirable, Necessary, and Impossible

Comparing these Israeli and Iranian patterns of behavior with respect to nuclear weapons, it is difficult not to conclude that it is Israel, not Iran, that should be subjected to…

The Struggle Continues: US vs. Genuine Reforms at the United Nations

The Struggle Continues: US vs. Genuine Reforms at the United Nations

The country that has long been known to abuse its powers and privileges in the United Nations is now leading a campaign to reform the same organization.…

India: For an Introspective Turn

Favoring human security can help the government realize its constitutional obligations. Since India faces no existential threat, exaggerations such as the ‘two front’ threat notwithstanding, India can make this shift.…