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President Barack Obama is in many respects the opposite of Richard Nixon and George H. W. Bush, both foreign-policy presidents who subordinated their ...
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This article examines Azerbaijan's foreign policy by demonstrating the interplay between the oil-led development process and early post-independence regional conflicts that enforced a Western orientation in the country's foreign policy. It is argued that geopolitics continue to prevail in the strategic goals of Azerbaijan. However, the new challenges in the emerging framework of energy security, which extends beyond the revitalized geopolitical rivalries and preeminent concern over securing energy supplies, put Azerbaijan's foreign policy at a crossroads and require a new trans-Atlantic partnership to promote human security and to manage the risk entailed in the unpredictable policy environments of the Caspian region.
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Introduction
Ghana's attainment of political independence in 1957 marked a significant milestone, not just for the people of the Gold Coast, as the ...
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Prudent and effective political conduct is dependent on historical knowledge that recognizes the boundaries between the possible and the impossible. T...
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INTRODUCTION
On December 15, 2008, the Fraud Section of the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the United States Securities and Exchang...
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The period in Jordan's political history covering the mid-1950s until the early 1970s can be used to illustrate the importance of Middle Eastern history in the study of comparative politics. In particular, the success of the Hashemite regime under King Hussein in maintaining its hold on power provides a strong example of how a small state located in a turbulent region can survive domestic and external threats through effective foreign policy. However, it is necessary to strip away the romanticism that has characterized most studies of Husseinism.
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So 2011 has come and gone - yet another bleak chapter in our national security outlook under President Obama. Considering that we have a president who made it a point to apologize for our superpower status, the notion that he would somehow weaken the country should not be surprising. After all, he's only matching his words with deeds.
The Obama administration naturally would dispute this assertion, citing the "elimination" of al Qaeda icons Osama bin Laden via SEAL Team 6 in Pakistan and U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki via drone strike in Yemen. True, both moves were bold, and the president deserves credit for making those tough decisions. However, in the grand scheme of things, targeted killings of terrorist leaders are more a series of one-offs than a comprehensive strategy to strengthen...
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What are the roots and aims of Iran's foreign policy in post-invasion Iraq? Many scholars attribute Iran's policies to a desire to achieve national an...
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Kim Echlin, The Disappeared. Toronto: Hamish Hamilton Canada, 2009. 235 pages
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Paul Collier, Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democrac...
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Israel's Foreign Policy Published in the Spring 2009 Middle East Quarterly, pp. 82-83.
by Efraim Inbar
Defending the Holy Land. A Critical Analysis of...