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October 3, 2007
Blackwatergate
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The private security firm Blackwater has come under intense scrutiny after a September 16 shootout that left at least 11 Iraqi civilians dead. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has demanded that Blackwater cease operating in Iraq and Congress is raising questions about the accountability of the 160,000 private military contractors working there, a force that exceeds the number of uniformed soldiers in the country. In his article "Outsourcing War" (March/April 2005) Peter W. Singer argued that the privatization of war without oversight may be expedient but it is not good for democracy. In a new Brookings Institution study, Singer concludes that the use of private military contractors appears to have harmed, rather than helped, U.S. counterinsurgency efforts in Iraq.
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The Summer of Pakistan's Discontent
September 20, 2007
Pakistan has seen its share of crises over the past four months, from the storming of Islamabad's Red Mosque to clashes with militants along Afghanistan's border, the dismissal and reinstatement of Pakistan's chief justice, and the recent deportation of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. . . . Read more
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Can the Surge Succeed?
September 5, 2007
The debate on Iraq is reaching a crucial juncture as the nation prepares for next week's congressional testimony by General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker and the possibility of troop reductions looms on the horizon. . . .Read more
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ASEAN at 40: Mid-Life Rejuvenation?
August 15, 2007
This past weekend Japan's Liberal Democratic Party suffered a crushing defeat in elections for the upper house of Japan's Diet. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has resisted calls for his resignation, but it seems only a matter of time before he is forced out regardless. How did he fall so far so fast, and what lies ahead for Japanese domestic politics and foreign policy? . . . Read more
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The topselling books on international affairs based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and barnesandnoble.com during September/October 2007.
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