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The Sources of Russian Conduct The New Case for Containment By Alexander J. Motyl As the West searches for an adequate policy response to Putin’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine, Western policymakers would do well to reread George F. Kennan’s famous “X” article, published in the July 1947 issue of Foreign Affairs. Compelling then, Kennan’s case for...

North Korea's Real Hunger My Time at an Elite Pyongyang Boarding School By Suki Kim In that relentless vacuum, nothing moved. No news came in or out. No phone calls, no emails, no letters, no ideas not prescribed by the regime. Thirty missionaries disguised as teachers and 270 male North Korean students and me, the sole writer disguised as a missionary...

Radical Turks Why Turkish Citizens are Joining ISIS By Gunes Murat Tezcur and Sabri Ciftci The past few weeks have seen a wave of Muslims from all around the world joining the ranks of ISIS. Although most of the attention has been on those coming from the United States and Europe, the bulk of foreign fighters has actually come from places like Turkey, from which...

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A Reunified Theory Should We Welcome the Collapse of North Korea? By John Delury and Chung-in Moon; Sue Mi Terry Contrary to what Terry claims, write Delury and Moon, the collapse of North Korea is a frightening prospect, and the sudden reunification of the Korean Peninsula would be disastrous. Terry replies.

Saudi Arabia's Nuclear Envy Washington Should Help Riyadh Keep Up With Tehran By Sigurd Neubauer As Iran moves closer to receiving international recognition for its nuclear program, Saudi Arabi's nuclear aspirations seem to have stalled completely. Fortunately, there are steps that the United States can take to push its nuclear talks with Saudi Arabia out of their rut.

Delhi Dilemma India Is Now the Biggest Barrier to a Global Climate Treaty By Scott Moore China and the United States were once the greatest barriers to a comprehensive global climate agreement. No longer: India is now the last stumbling block standing in the way. It's still possible, however, to get New Delhi on board. Washingtion just needs to offer the...

Dragon Net China's Next Economic Miracle By Jonathan Woetzel and Jeongmin Seong With 632 million Internet users, China has already become the world’s largest e-tailing market, with almost $300 billion in sales posted in 2013. Although digital marketplaces have changed the face of Chinese retail, however, other major sectors such as manufacturing and...

Black Market How the Charcoal Trade Fuels Al Shabab By Tom Keatinge To take out al Shabab, one need look no further than charcoal. The United Nations has repeatedly called for countries in the region to disrupt the group’s trade in this environmentally destructive product, but, as the most recent Somalia UN Monitoring Group report revealed,...

Stopgap Democracy Afghanistan's Shaky Government By Jed Ober Afghanistan's new unity government is not a step forward in the country's political development. Without deeper reforms, the temporary measure will only worsen the country's democratic malaise.

Beirut's Center Cannot Hold Lebanon Is On the Brink of Another Civil War By Hussein Kalout The conflict in Syria has divided Lebanon into two distinct camps, with tensions between them worsening by the day. If both sides fail to compromise, the country will again be plunged into civil war. The two sides are at such odds that it will be impossible in the short term...

Open Net Obama Scores on Net Neutrality By Marvin Ammori Last week, Obama finally stepped up to the plate, releasing a video and a detailed plan calling on the FCC to adopt the “the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality.” It was the most accurate, well-informed, and important statement ever issued by a public official...

Executive Disorder The Real Problem With Obama's Immigration Announcement By Lauren Carasik Obama's executive order will provide much needed humanitarian relief to some law-abiding undocumented immigrants. But it will do nothing for the unaccompanied minors and families whose desperate flight to the United States last summer may have finally pushed the White House...