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Arab Economic Challenges and Opportunities in the Wake of the Uprisings

Iraq’s Oil Bid Rounds: Politics and Pitfalls

Originally posted April 2010

Understanding Iranian Foreign Policy

Originally posted January 2009

Understanding Iran’s foreign policy is the key to crafting sensible and effective policies toward Iran and requires, above all, a close analysis of the profound cultural and psychological contexts of Iranian foreign policy behavior.

Crisis in South Asia

Originally posted December 2009

South Asia is a region in crisis — plagued by a set of interlocking problems that have deep and tangled roots. And Pakistan, not Afghanistan, is at the center.

The International Coalition — Support Eroding?

The Army in Afghanistan, from Abdur Rahman to Karzai

Originally posted December 2009

Ending the 30-Year War in Afghanistan

Originally posted December 2009

Afghanistan has been plagued by war for 30 years. The conflicts that have occurred during this time have involved major world powers, Afghanistan’s neighbors, and various Afghan factions. The cumulative toll of these conflicts on the country and its people is enormous. Yet, despite three calamitous decades of death and destruction, peace and stability is achievable.

Afghanistan’s Calamitous 30-Year War

Electing to Fight in Afghanistan

Originally posted December 2009

The move to hold a second round of elections in Afghanistan on November 7, 2009 has at least had one positive result: it has brought out the fundamental limitations of introducing Western democratic election processes in a deeply divided society that, moreover, is at war with itself and with external forces.

A Flawed Election or a Flawed Electoral System?