April 27, 2008

Sunday, April 27 2008

Moscow-supported Kadyrov is only a year in power, but today his grip on Chechnya is about to unravel. Hezbollah militias are recruiting heavily, setting sights once again on Lebanon's Israeli border. Following Russian escalation, the view that Georgia is an ally and friend of the United States is filtering through U.S. foreign policy circles: will accelerating NATO membership augment regional security?

Last gasps of Mugabe era in Zimbabwe are forcing us to consider the relative benefits and costs of the five strategies of forcing illegitimate dictators out of power. U.S. Marines re-deploying in Afghanistan signals parallels in military strategy as well as in the nature of evolving conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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