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Robert Kaplan

Will Obama Buckle?

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 07.27.2009 | World

Read More: Gaza, Robert Kaplan, West Bank, Politics, Marc Lynch, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, World, Barack Obama, World News
MJ Rosenberg

Netanyahu may believe that it would be nice to hold on to the West Bank. But in his brain he knows that maintaining Israel's friendship with the United States is infinitely nicer.

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Nuclear-Tipped Pakistan and Stone Age Afghanistan

Carter Phipps | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Enlightennext Magazine, Steve Coll, Robert Kaplan, Pakistan, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Steve McIntosh, Afpak, Afghanistan, Ghost Wars, Enlightennext, Thomas Barnett, World News
Carter Phipps

Nuclear-tipped Pakistan and Stone Age Afghanistan are a combustible pair and the last thing anyone wants is for that dangerous fuse to be lit, at least not more than it already is

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Piracy, Geopolitics, and Private Security

Abukar Arman | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Somalia, Fishing, Piracy, Islamic Law, Somali Pirates, Robert Kaplan, Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden, Humanitarian Aid, Phil Carter, World News
Abukar Arman

Piracy is not only disrupting international trade, it is preventing the flow of humanitarian aid to several million Somalis and is perpetuating the very culture that kept Somalia in an abyss of anarchy.

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The Next Cold War?

John Feffer | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Robert Kaplan, James Fallows, Indian Ocean, Usns Impeccable, China, Defense Spending, Foreign Policy, International Waters, US Navy, World News
John Feffer

International law notwithstanding, the United States has long treated the Pacific as an American lake and China as beachfront property that we have to keep a special eye on.

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The Imperialist Right Threatens Obama on Iraq

Gareth Porter | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Iran Violence, US Military, Bush Administration, Robert Kaplan, Iraq Iran, Imperialism, Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics News
Gareth Porter

The idea of linking Obama's troop withdrawal plan to the Iranian position in Iraq makes no sense objectively, but it is the logical political response by those who led the United States into a disastrous war.

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