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Policy Review
Making the Best of Our Bad Options in Syria

President Obama has reportedly ordered a review of his administration’s Syria strategy. Here’s what his advisers will probably tell him.

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Let's Make a Deal
In Seeking Détente, Don’t Leave Americans Behind

The Obama Administration is racing the clock to reach historic accords with two of America’s long-standing foes, Iran and Cuba. As it tries to strike a deal, it mustn’t forget the plight of five U.S. citizens imprisoned in those two countries.

Gazproblems
Russia’s Big Bear Hug on China

The mainstream media thought the major headline from the APEC summit was the U.S.-China agreement on climate change. They’re wrong. Russia’s two big pipeline projects to China have the potential to reshape the global energy and security landscape.

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The Revisionists
“Salami Slicing” and Deterrence

The question for NATO leaders is not only how to shore up the deterrence that remains, but how to restore the deterrence that has been lost.

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The Ukrainian War
Putin Targets the Scandinavians

Russia naval and airspace incursions in the Baltic Sea area are aimed at deterring Sweden and Finland from increasing their cooperation with NATO.

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Georgia's New Crisis
Is Georgia Slipping Away?

The sacking of Georgia’s pro-West Defense Minister and the resignation of its Foreign Minister has thrown the government into disarray and called into question the country’s Euro-Atlantic orientation.

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Fraying Ties
Shoring Up the Frontier

Why the US-Azerbaijan alliance should be saved.

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You Tell Me It's the Institution?
More Good News from the Middle East

The brighter side of the not-so-good headlines dominating the news.

Election Day
What If the GOP Takes the Senate?

TAI asked two distinguished political analysts, Michael Barone and Kyle Kondik, what the main effects of such an outcome might be.

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Russia and the West
Reflections on the Closing of the Russian Mind

How is it that Russia looped away from the Soviet matrix in the late 1980s, only to recreate so much of it between 1991 and now? The first of a two-part essay.

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