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November 8, 2006
Turning Right on Red
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Early results from Sunday's election show the former Sandinista guerilla leader Daniel Ortega as the likely next president of Nicaragua. The return to power of Ronald Reagan's foe is a symbolic blow for U.S. foreign policy and further evidence that Latin America is swerving to the left. But does it really bode ill? As Jorge Castañeda argued in Foreign Affairs last spring, the Latin American left is deeply divided within itself and includes a number of reform-minded pragmatists who have traveled far from their ideological beginnings.
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NATO's Renaissance
October 11, 2006
Last week, NATO assumed command over some 32,000 peacekeeping troops from 37 countries in Afghanistan, including 12,000 U.S. forces in the eastern part of the country. The move confirmed that the half-century-old organization has entered a new era — and is now facing unprecedented challenges. . . . Read more
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Toxic Thaksin
September 27, 2006
Elected in a landslide just last year, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was deposed last week in a bloodless overthrow organized by the military. Over the year his fall from grace had been steady and swift, thanks to his abuse of power, repression of the opposition and Muslim minorities, and allegations of corruption. . . . Read more
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Are We Safe Yet? An Online Roundtable
September 11, 2006
Five years after 9/11, there have been no further terrorist attacks in the United States. Many claim that the threat nevertheless remains very high. In this special Web-only feature, an all-star cast of experts assess the state of the "war on terror" at five. . . . Read more
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