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| Topic: International Relations |
9:08 pm EST, Nov 26, 2004 |
Reshaping Rogue States seeks to improve our understanding of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea as well as of current and future policy options to combat the threats these nations pose. The book's comprehensive analysis of preemption and regime change debates the circumstances under which each policy might be justified or legal under international law. Prominent strategists and policymakers consider alternatives to preemption -- including prevention, counterproliferation, and cooperative security -- and draw conclusions from efforts to bring about regime change in the past. Two sample chapters are available. Several other chapters are separately available on the web. The Bush Revolution in Rogue Strategy
The Bush Doctrine and Its Consequences Reshaping Rogue States |
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| Topic: International Relations |
9:06 pm EST, Nov 26, 2004 |
The issue of failed states has risen to the forefront of international relations in the last few years, with Pakistan widely considered as a potential case. Washingtons decision, for whatever reason, to discreetly handle the Abdul Qadeer Khan affair confirms New Delhi's assessment that Washington will allow Islamabad to get away with anything. What If Pakistan Fails? |
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US Strategy: Assisting Pakistan's Transformation |
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| Topic: International Relations |
9:04 pm EST, Nov 26, 2004 |
Pakistan today is clearly both part of the problem and the solution to the threat of terrorism facing the United States. Pakistan's support of terrorist groups is troublesome because even Islamabad cannot be certain that its control over the extremist forces it has unleashed will be robust in perpetuity. Pakistan has accumulated a complex set of strategic, economic, political, and societal problems throughout its 50 years of troubled statehood that are not only individually challenging but also mutually and viciously reinforcing. US Strategy: Assisting Pakistan's Transformation |
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The Role of Islam in Pakistan's Future |
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| Topic: International Relations |
9:02 pm EST, Nov 26, 2004 |
Although listed among the U.S. allies in the war on terrorism, Pakistan cannot easily be characterized as either friend or foe. For the foreseeable future, Islam will remain a significant factor in Pakistans politics. Pakistans future direction is crucial to the US-led war on terrorism, not least because of Pakistans declared nuclear weapons capability. The United States is supporting Pakistans military so that Pakistan backs away from Islamist radicalism, albeit gradually. In the process, however, the militarys political ambitions are being encouraged, compromising change and preserving the influence of radical Islamists. The Role of Islam in Pakistan's Future |
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The Washington Quarterly - Winter 2004-05 |
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| Topic: Politics and Law |
8:58 pm EST, Nov 26, 2004 |
The new issue of TWQ is now available. Start with the editor's note. Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan. The Washington Quarterly - Winter 2004-05 |
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The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America |
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| Topic: International Relations |
8:55 pm EST, Nov 26, 2004 |
Would the acquisition of nuclear capabilities prompt the Iranians to disregard the threat of American intervention and pursue a more aggressive, destabilizing and dangerous foreign policy? Ken Pollack cautions that there are two ticking clocks: the first is internal regime change in Iran and the second is how long it will take Iran to go nuclear. For anyone wanting to understand the stark choices the US faces concerning Iran, and how to respond to them, this is the place to start. The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America |
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| Topic: Society |
5:15 pm EST, Nov 26, 2004 |
Map of corporate connections between boards of directors and people. Click on "Open They Rule 2004" to begin using the tool. They Rule |
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| Topic: Politics and Law |
4:44 pm EST, Nov 26, 2004 |
The partisanship will continue. But changes are coming. These changes are long overdue. And though you wouldn't know it from recent media coverage, many CIA officials support them. The CIA failed to penetrate the senior-most levels of the former Iraqi regime or of al Qaeda. Former CIA director George Tenet has admitted this. The clandestine service exists to penetrate our enemies and collect their secrets. Some armchair spooks pretend this is easy. It's not. But gaps in our knowledge are gaps in our security. Tenet told the 9/11 Commission it would take five years to revamp the clandestine services. Faster, please. Porter's House |
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| Topic: Media |
4:34 pm EST, Nov 26, 2004 |
Lots of graphs and tabular survey results. A few tidbits: 83.4% of males 18-24 have Internet access; 18-34s with broadband access spend 52% more time than dial-up peers Importance of newspapers differs by age group; only 17% of 18-24s say that "reading the newspaper is an important part of my day." Generational Media Study |
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Newspapers Should Really Worry |
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| Topic: Media |
4:26 pm EST, Nov 26, 2004 |
If you can shape their info-seeking habits when they're in their teens or twenties, you'll nab them for life. So the thinking goes. But there is trouble afoot. The seeds have been planted for a tremendous upheaval in the material world of publishing. Young people just aren't interested in reading newspapers and print magazines. Print media will die off within 30 years, "when the dead-tree readers will die off." Newspapers Should Really Worry |
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