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By R.S. Zaharna
16 Mar 2009 |
World Politics Review
Although the Obama administration is only just out of the
political starting gate, observers are already noting a distinct change
in the prominence and tone of U.S. public diplomacy, specifically with
respect to the Muslim world. All of it appears refreshingly dynamic, but is the Obama
administration's public diplomacy really a game changer?
By Shadi Hamid
16 Mar 2009 |
World Politics Review
What if Iraq had succeeded as planned? This is a counterfactual, so there is probably little use in answering
it. But there is a different question worth asking, in part because one
day we will likely be forced to answer it: What if Iraq succeeds? Although it is still uncertain whether it will, in many ways it must.
By Nathan Field
16 Mar 2009 |
World Politics Review
The success of a Saudi re-education program for jihadists and a recent tactical "revision" by a notoriously radical Egyptian Islamist have led many Americans to believe
that al-Qaida and the threat it posed might be on the verge of
self-inflicted implosion, a victim of its own extremism. But is their optimism justified?