Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1788
Magnitsky Act passes Senate, but still faces hurdles;
Fear and loathing toward NATO
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The U.S. Must Side With Pro-Democracy Activists
Recent developments in Egypt, Syria, and elsewhere have convinced skeptics that U.S. human rights promotion in the Middle East causes more harm than good by inciting instability — positioning the Muslim Brotherhood and other anti-Western forces to win elections or otherwise seize power.
Eurasia Security Watch: No. 263
King Abdullah takes another stab at reform;
Egyptian power struggle intensifies;
Free Syrian army requests international intervention;
The Palestinian Authority's (ongoing) financial crisis
South Asia Security Monitor: No. 295
U.S. eases sanctions on investment in Myanmar;
Pak protests over reopening of NATO supply lines;
Afghanistan declared a major non-NATO ally;
Taliban commander reveals frustration
Misreading Iran at our peril
When it comes to the financial markets, it is a rule of thumb that past success is a poor indicator of future performance. Sadly, it turns out, that's also the case with political science.
Take the latest offering from one of the field's best and brightest. Kenneth N. Waltz, a decorated professor at Columbia University and the University of California at Berkeley, is dean of the "neorealism" school in international relations theory -- a deep thinker whose 1965 book "Man, the State, and War" revolutionized our understanding of how nation-states behave.