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Preparing for More Iraqs

Defense Secretary Urges Military to Mold Itself to Fight Iraq-Style Wars
There has been some internal debate within the U.S. military about whether it should be restructured to be more effective in Iraq-style conflicts involving counter-insurgency operations and state-building. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates seems to have come down firmly in […]

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Posted in: Iraq, National Security

Talking to Our Enemies

Surprisingly, one of the biggest foreign policy issues to arise during this presidential primary season has been the question of whether we ought to talk to our enemies. Proponents of this course argue that we have little to lose by doing so. Opponents, bolstered by the current conventional wisdom, argue that talking to […]

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Posted in: Iran, National Security

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