Abrupt changes in regime—be they thanks to an outside force or a revolution from below—can do more harm than good.
Funded by the Americans? Really bad idea.
Opposition groups prize survival above all. Engage them early and often.
The United States shouldn't micromanage Egyptian politics.
A distorted Reagan legacy is all the vogue these days. But the Gipper was never a neocon.
The leaders of the Arab world should learn from the Shah's mistakes—too little too late won't satisfy the people.
Moscow's elite leaves the country's ordinary citizens to fend for themselves as the war for Russia's inner abroad rages on.
To counter Islamism in nuclear Pakistan, the United States should do more to support Baluch insurgents.
Arab harmony is an illusion that only serves to keep the masses in servitude.
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