U.S. Must Push for Reforms in Bahrain
So Bahrain managed to hold its much-heralded Grand Prix auto race last weekend without significant disruption–but only because of a massive security presence on the roads. The weekend was a turbulent...
View ArticleWill Maliki Push Iraq Back into Civil War?
I commend Michael Rubin for challenging conventional wisdom about Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s power grab in Iraq. He argues that what we are seeing is a commendable consolidation of power rather...
View ArticlePartition of Iraq Won’t Solve Terrorism
As Iraq again confronts insurgency, terrorism, and political chaos, analysts and pundits have revived Joe Biden and Les Gelb’s proposal to divide Iraq in three: Kurdistan, a Sunnistan, and a Shiastan....
View ArticleIs Administrative Federalism the Solution for Iraq?
While talking to Iraqi Sunnis disaffected with the Iraqi central government, it is easy to get sucked into discussions of the past: Many remain upset with the 2003 U.S. decision to disband the Iraqi...
View ArticleTo Fix Iraq: Administrative Federalism, not Tripartite Division
Max Boot picks up on former Council on Foreign Relations boss Les Gelb’s revival of Gelb’s previous proposal to divide Iraq along ethnic and sectarian lines. Let there be no confusion: Gelb’s idea is...
View ArticleThe Real Key to ISIS’s Appeal: Stopping Iran
Apparently the U.S. Special Operations Command is wrestling with the question of what makes the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria “so magnetic, so inspirational.” This is an interesting question to...
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