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Once uniquely venerated for their bravery, Venezuelans and Cubans are now pawns in the GOP’s culture wars.

At the September 25-27 Camp David summit, Presidents George W. Bushand Vladimir Putin should put recent U.S.-Russian differences overthe Iraq war behind them and close ranks on rebuilding Iraq anddefeating al-Qaeda. President Bush should request Russian supportfor sending U.S.-led U.N. peacekeepers to Iraq, offer to expandRussian participation in the reconstruction of Iraq, and insistthat Russia cooperate in blocking Iran's nuclear weapons program.

A more economically prosperous Uzbekistan plugged into the global economy would further improve the country’s human rights while enhancing regional security and shielding Central Asia from unwelcome Russian and Chinese inroads.

A few days ago, a former presidential aspirant stirred up controversy when he declared that the escalation of the war between Russia and Ukraine could be a springboard for Africa’s economy. It’s a poor attempt at interpreting international affairs through a realist lens, and such could’ve drawn a rational response if it were uttered to informed […]

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a- Over the last year, theres been a torrent of articles on neoconservatism raising (usually implicitly) some vexing issues: Are neoconservatives different from other conservatives?  Is neoconservatism a Jewish movement? Is it “anti-Semitic” to say so? The dispute between the neocons and more traditional conservatives — “paleoconservatives” — is especially important because the latter now find themselves on the outside, looking in on the conservative power structure. Hopefully,...