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The US puts a financial chokehold on Iranian banks

Everybody knows that economic sanctions don't work. Just look at the decades…

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In the Middle East, the US is off the road and in the ditch

"Are you on the road, or in the ditch? Back when I…

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Once on the left, Russia now drives in the middle

Think of the new Russia as a highway: People used to drive…

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Under Putin, Russia is no longer ready to be pushed around

Vladimir Putin made headlines last weekend when he blasted the Bush administration…

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How not to lose your soul in American journalism

Last month, a group gathered in New York City to celebrate the…

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At best, the US is able to contain the Iraq mess

Somehow, four years on, the debate about Iraq is still animated by…

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Libby's trial is about a cover-up that failed.

Why was the White House so nervous in the summer of 2003…

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America's new Middle East strategy: containing Iran

What's America's strategy in the Middle East? US Secretary of State Condoleezza…

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We'll soon see if it's Mission Impossible for Petraeus

For a nation bitterly divided over Iraq, the one point of agreement…

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Bush is piling up the chips on a losing Iraqi bet

It was axiomatic during the Cold War that presidents should not gamble…

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