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Washington’s credibility is not on the line in Syria
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May 13, 2013 01:55 AM
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President Barack Obama’s critics have pounced on his use of the phrase “red line” to urge military intervention in Syria. They argue, in the words of Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, that the “credibility of the United States is on the line.” Presumably they...
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The Tsarnaevs tell us little about radical Islam
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April 29, 2013 01:00 AM
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As we learn more about the Tsarnaev brothers, we are inclined to ask larger questions about their apparent descent into terror. What does it tell us about radical Islam, Russian immigrants, Muslim communities and the breakdown of assimilation? The most accurate answer might turn out to be: not...
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Thatcher’s policies don’t tell us much about today
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April 15, 2013 12:31 AM
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I grew up admiring Margaret Thatcher. It was obvious to many of us in India in the 1970s that socialist economics didn’t work and that Thatcher’s radical reforms were the right course, one we wished someone would advocate in India. (It took 12 years and a massive crisis for that to...
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Barack Obama appealed to Israel’s liberal conscience
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March 30, 2013 12:26 AM
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As a piece of rhetoric, Barack Obama’s speech to college students in Jerusalem was a triumph. He finally convinced Israel and its supporters that “HE GETS US,” as one of them emailed me. “In his Kishkas [gut], he gets us!” But Obama also spoke more bluntly about...
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North Korea is engaging in high-stakes bluster
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March 18, 2013 01:03 AM
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Karl Marx wrote that history repeats itself the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. And the third time, he might have added, as North Korea. Just when you thought the place could not get any stranger, it did. In the past few weeks, this impoverished, isolated nation has tested a...
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Asian stability needs strong U.S.-Chinese relationship
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March 04, 2013 12:40 AM
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Secretary of State John Kerry’s first foreign trip is an impressive swing through nine countries in Europe and the Middle East. But I wonder if he should instead have visited just two countries, China and Japan. That’s where the most significant and dangerous new developments in...
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Barack Obama’s infrastructure proposals come up short
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February 18, 2013 12:22 AM
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President Obama’s State of the Union address presented an expanded vision of smart government to create jobs and revive the economy. Yet he lowered his sights on the single policy that would both jump-start the economy in the short term and create the conditions for long-term growth:...
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For Arabs, evolution over revolution
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February 04, 2013 01:32 AM
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The chaos at the second anniversary of the Tahrir Square uprising is only the latest and most vivid illustration that Egypt’s revolution is going off the rails. It has revived talk about the failure of the Arab Spring and even some nostalgia for the old order. But Arab dictators such as Hosni...
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India’s frustration has turned to rage
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January 21, 2013 12:46 AM
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Americans dismayed by politics in Washington might find something familiar in what’s happening in India. There, frustration with government has turned into rage. Last month’s gruesome gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman brought tens of thousands onto the streets. And while the...
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End the war on terror and save billions
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December 10, 2012 12:30 AM
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As we debate whether the two parties can ever come together and get things done, here’s something President Barack Obama could probably do by himself that would be a signal accomplishment of his presidency: End the “war on terror.” Or, more realistically, start planning and...
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Israel is still the Mideast’s superpower
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November 27, 2012 11:07 AM
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As missiles and rockets exploded in Israel and Gaza, television news was dominated by the tragic violence, and we were warned that the battle between Israel and the Palestinians might spread because we are in a new and much more dangerous Middle East. Islamists are in power, democracies will...
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Emerging in America: societal conventions of the future
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November 10, 2012 01:11 AM
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Growing up in India in the 1960s and 1970s, I always thought of America as the future. It was the place where the newest technology, the best gadgets and the latest fads seemed to originate. Seemingly exotic political causes – such as women’s liberation and gay rights – always...
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The U.S. economy is recovering thanks to Bernanke and Obama
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October 30, 2012 12:51 AM
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The International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook makes for gloomy reading. Growth projections have been revised downward almost everywhere, especially in Europe and the big emerging markets such as China. And yet, when looking out over the next four years – the next...
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For conservatives, a Middle East divide
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October 15, 2012 01:00 AM
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Mitt Romney’s speech on foreign affairs last week was surprisingly moderate. Rhetorically it was full of sound but, on closer examination, it signified no major change of policy. Romney affirmed the timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan; he did not propose sending troops back into Iraq...
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Republicans won’t allow Romney to speak his mind
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October 01, 2012 01:09 AM
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As President Barack Obama has surged in the polls, Republicans have been quick to identify the problem: Mitt Romney. Peggy Noonan eloquently voiced what many conservatives believe when she said that Romney’s campaign has been a “rolling calamity.” Others have been equally...
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