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Carnegie senior associate <A href="http://www.carnegieendowment.org/experts/index.cfm?fa=expert_view&expert_id=19">Michael McFaul </A>reviews Kenneth Pollack's new book, <EM>The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and Ameri</EM>
Lipman contrasts the the strength of political involvement in Ukraine to nearly apathetic Russian citizens and Putin's semi-authoritarian rule. She also addresses Putin's miscalculation of the outcome of the Ukrainian elections, and its implications for Russia.
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<P>Senior associate <A href="http://www.carnegieendowment.org/experts/index.cfm?fa=expert_view&expert_id=19">Michael McFaul </A>and Hoover fellow Abbas Milani on the Iran nuclear crisis. </P>
Ashley J. Tellis explains how the United States can push Pakistan in the direction of democratic reform while maintaining cooperation in the war on terrorism.
<P dir=ltr xml:lang="en">Iran's nuclear ambitions have once again returned to the headlines. Just days after the Mideast nation entered an agreement with the European trio – France, Germany, and the UK – US officials made allegations about Iran's continued weapons development. As those accusations remain unsubstantiated, writes nonproliferation expert George Perkovich, the focus of international attention should remain on Iran's deal with Europe. Indeed, facilitating this relationship will be complicated, due to the deep-seated distrust simmering among all involved parties – and the US presence in Iraq further complicates matters. The most effective route to securing a deal, suggests Perkovich, may have to entail UN Security Council involvement: "This would raise the incentives of all parties to fulfill its terms." </P>
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The new inflections in China’s grand strategy suggest a deliberate effort to convey a kinder, gentler face abroad even as Beijing works to expand the opportunities for increasing its great power capabilities and status. However, success here is by no means foreordained. China may seek to avoid exacerbating regional security dilemmas, but its concomitant preparations to deal with potential separatism, territorial disputes, problems of tenuous energy supplies, and the quest for great power capabilities compel it to develop military capabilities that will cause concern in regional capitals and in Washington. The end result may be an outcome that China neither desires nor can prevent.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN>
If General Pervez Musharraf means what he says in calling for a national debate on ways to resolve Pakistan’s dispute with India over Kashmir, he might be taking the most far reaching initiative of his military and political career. According to AFP, the General told a reception of government officials, diplomats and media in Islamabad that Pakistanis must discuss a ‘‘change of status’’ for Kashmir.
The liberal hawks firmly believed that the Iraq war was both a humanitarian intervention and an important front in the "war on terrorism," even if they made no secret of their distrust of the Administration waging it. Bizarrely, the liberal hawks continue to advance their approach as a radical Democratic alternative to Republican policies.
Controversy over the Iraq war extends beyond the issue weapons of mass destruction. Some argue it is justified as a war against Islamic fascism. Others, however, believe it has strengthened exactly what we were setting out to oppose—an alliance between the forces of radical Arab nationalism and those of radical Sunni Islamism and terrorism.