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August 29, 2012

Politics and Government
Morsi Gets a Pass

It has certainly been an interesting few weeks in Egypt.  Just as I was taking off for vacation, President Mohammed Morsi had consolidated his power by ousting the military’s senior command, firing t…

MorsiGetsAPass

January 12, 2012

United States
Iranian Scientists and U.S. Targeted Killings

Driving in rush hour traffic yesterday morning in Tehran, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, chemical engineer and department supervisor at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant, was killed. Reportedly, two men on…

Bomb blast Tehran

July 29, 2005

Economics
More trade with Central America, less with China?

Is that the deal that brought wavering Republicans from textile states on board?  We will see. But the House speaker, J. Dennis Hastert, told him they needed his vote anyway. If he switched from "nay…

February 22, 2013

United States
You Might Have Missed: Afghanistan, Mali, and Chinese Drones

Steven Erlanger, “An Unexpected Mission for France’s Defense Minister,” New York Times, February 19, 2013. One of the most shocking lessons for him from Mali, Mr. Le Drian said, was the lack of Fren…

Mali soldiers

June 13, 2011

Defense and Security
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Differ on Libya and Afghanistan

A man holds a flag outside the White House in Washington. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters) Seven GOP presidential hopefuls take the stage tonight at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire…

A man holds a flag outside the White House in Washington. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters)