FEBRUARY 2, 2011 For the Kremlin, suicide bombers are far more useful than a real democratic opposition. By ELENA MILASHINA Moscow The terrorist attack at Domodedovo airport last week, likely organized by Islamists from the North Caucasus, claimed 35 lives. Less than a year ago, 40 people died in the March 2010 bombing of the […]
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US NEWS Obama, other presidents should embrace his sunny confidence By Mortimer B. Zuckerman Posted: January 28, 2011 The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Ronald Reagan brings to mind my first revealing encounter with him. It was the result of the 1986 seizure by the Soviet KGB of the Moscow
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TRIPLETT: Who is Hu Jintao? Official niceties obscure his bloody record By William C. Triplett II The Washington Times January 14, 2011 President Obama makes a courtesy bow to welcome Chinese President Hu Jintao to the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington earlier this week. A report by the CIA’s Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation and Arms Control Center links
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February 1, 2011 Egypt’s leader has gambled that he can ride out the protests and hold on. It’s a pretty good gamble. By BRET STEPHENS Imagine yourself as Hosni Mubarak, master of Egypt for nearly 30 years. You’re old, unwell, detested and addicted to power. You could have orchestrated a graceful exit by promising to
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The benefits of U.S. defense spending far outweigh the costs Robert Kagan January 24, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 18 The looming battle over the defense budget could produce a useful national discussion about American foreign and defense policy. But we would need to begin by dispensing with the most
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Andrew C. McCarthy January 31, 2011 4:00 A.M. Fear the Muslim Brotherhood At the Daily Beast, Bruce Riedel has posted an essay called “Don’t fear Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” the classic, conventional-wisdom response to the crisis in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood is just fine, he’d have you believe, no need to worry.
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February 1, 2011 The fate of Iran after the U.S. abandoned its ally shows where events this week could lead. By RONEN BERGMAN The White House’s reaction to the rioting in Egypt is shortsighted—and typical of what is wrong with the Obama administration’s Middle East policy. Only days ago, President Hosni Mubarak was a longstanding
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