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ions of dollars in aid and massive Western state-building efforts following the 1995 Dayton Accords. Similarly, the Iraqi exiles who told President George W. Bush that divisions among country's Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish communities could be easily overcome in a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq either underestimated o

des with a recapitulation of the defense of the welfare state made in his 2010 book "Ill Fares the Land," as well as a prolonged castigation of the Bush administration for the Iraq war and rising inequality. In the end, what is striking about this book is the great difference between the 20th-centur

larly, the Iraqi exiles who told President George W. Bush that divisions among country's Sunni, Shiit

Day After' in Syria Nikolas Gvosdev Article 6. The Diplomat Beijing's South China Sea Gamble Will Rogers Arti01e7 NYT Books One Man's History Francis Fukuyama Ankle I. NYT Russia: Sort of, but Not Really Thomas L. Friedman EFTA00660746 February 4, 2012 — Moscow -- AS a journalist, the best part of c

But these days Gates is less worried about political crossfire and more focused on the legacy of his own tenure, which bridged the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He is determined to define his own legacy as Pentagon boss, and eager to push back against one of the more vocal criticisms of hi

hin the same party. And so I think there is no consensus on a role in the world." In some ways, the first part of his tenure was easier. During the Bush years, money was never an issue. By contrast, Obama faced a harsh economic reality, and Gates tried to get in front of the issue by shrinking the

tenure, which bridged the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He is determined to defin

comfortable. Fundamentally Mill, Berlin and many other Western philosophical theorists and political scientists-from Thomas Paine and John Locke to Francis Fukuyama of late—hold that people will eventually wish to wrest themselves from the shackles of repressive rule. That the innate human desire for free will

ons of dollars in aid and massive Western state-building efforts following the 1995 Dayton Accords. Similarly, the Iraqi exiles who told President George W. Bush that divisions among country's Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish communities could be easily overcome in a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq either underestimated

es with a recapitulation of the defense of the welfare state made in his 2010 book "Ill Fares the Land," as well as a prolonged castigation of the Bush administration for the Iraq war and rising inequality. In the end, what is striking about this book is the great difference between the 20th-centu

arly, the Iraqi exiles who told President George W. Bush that divisions among country's Sunni, Shiit

olas Gvosdev The Diplomat EFTA_R1_00228262 EFTA01841726 Beijing's South China Sea Gamble Will Rogers Article 7. NYT Books One Man's History Francis Fukuyama Article I. NYT Russia: Sort of, but Not Really Thomas L. Friedman February 4, 2012 — Moscow -- AS a journalist, the best part of covering the r

ng the West, and particularly America, because it institutionalises gridlock, trivialises decision-making and throws up second-rate presidents like George Bush junior. Yu Keping of Beijing University argues that democracy makes simple things "overly complicated and frivolous" and allows "certain sweet-talk

Iraq war. When Saddam Hussein's fabled weapons of mass destruction failed to materialise after the American-led EFTA00684346 invasion of 2003, Mr Bush switched instead to justifying the war as a fight for freedom and democracy. "The concerted effort of free nations to promote democracy is a prelud

aq's growing chaos as proof that American-led promotion of democratisation was a recipe for instability. And disillusioned neoconservatives such as Francis Fukuyama, an American political scientist, saw it as proof that democracy cannot put down roots in stony ground. A third serious setback was Egypt. The col

te Office of Herminio Blanco Mexico City Stephen W. Bosworth Dean, Tufts University Medford, Mass. D

er & Feld Washington, =.C. Kristin J. Forbes Associate Prof. of Intl Management Cam=ridge Mass. Michael B.G. Froman Citigroup Inc. New York, N.Y. Francis Fukuyama The Johns Hopkins University Washington, D.C.<=r> Dionisio Garza Medina ALFA Mexico Richard A. Gephardt Former member House of Reps. (D-Mo.) Washin=

a and presidential envoy to Iraq in the George W. Bush administration. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030040 --- PAGE

on Foreign Relations. He served as deputy national security adviser for strategic planning, ambassador to India and presidential envoy to Iraq in the George W. Bush administration. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030040 --- PAGE BREAK --- 12 Article 3. The Financial Times Libya, a last hurrah for the west Gideon Rachman March

st became again, if briefly, the embodiment of universal reason, obliged and equipped to spread its values to the still-benighted parts of the world. Francis Fukuyama's HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030053 --- PAGE BREAK --- 25 "The End of History and the Last Man" testified to this sense of triumph and historical duty. Such a c

t. But these days Gates is less worried about political crossfire and more focused on the legacy of his own tenure, which bridged the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He is determined to define his own legacy as Pentagon boss, and eager to push back against one of the more vocal criticisms of his

ithin the same party. And so I think there is no consensus on a role in the world." In some ways, the first part of his tenure was easier. During the Bush years, money was never an issue. By contrast, Obama faced a harsh economic reality, and Gates tried to get in front of the issue by shrinking the Pen

uncomfortable. Fundamentally Mill, Berlin and many other Western philosophical theorists and political scientists-from Thomas Paine and John Locke to Francis Fukuyama of late— hold that people will eventually wish to wrest themselves from the shackles of repressive rule. That the innate human desire for free will i

n Interest The Conservative Revolutionary Walter Russell Mead Article 5 NYT Iran Without Nukes Roger Cohen Article 6 NATIONAL REVIEW Interview with - Francis Fukuyama Matthew Shaffer Article 7. Project Syndicate Does Anything Matter? Peter Singer HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031876 --- PAGE BREAK --- 2 Article 1. The Washingt

is befuddled and bemused. None of the experts look particularly smart at the moment. The realists' who counseled President Obama to forget George W. Bush's support of Middle Eastern democracy and cultivate our relations with regional despots like Hosni Mubarak, the Iranian mullahs and the younger Assad