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Israeli Opinion and War With Iran

Paul R. PillarShibley Telhami of the University of Maryland, in cooperation with the Dahaf Institute of Israel, has just released the results of a poll taken within the past week of Israeli opinion...

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The Iran Crescendo and Its Sources

Paul R. PillarThe celebration and display of political muscle known as the AIPAC policy conference is under way at the Washington Convention Center. This year's conference rides a crescendo of alarm...

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Military Health Care: Facing the Facts

Lawrence J. KorbAlex RothmanMax HoffmanAs former secretary of defense Robert Gates remarked during his last year in office, health-care costs are eating the Pentagon alive. Both military and political...

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The Defense Lobby's Greatest Fear

Christopher A. PrebleBloomberg’s Roxana Tiron reports that Congress is nearing a deal to postpone some of the most contentious provisions of last year’s Budget Control Act (BCA) until March 2013 or...

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What Sequestration Might Mean for San Diego (and Other Places)

Christopher A. PrebleConvair XA-41 engine testing.A few days ago, I wrote about the fight looming between taxpayer advocates and defense contractors over whether Congress should scrap the Budget...

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Israeli Politics and the Highest Bidder

Akiva EldarAmerican business magnate Sheldon Adelson.Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson reportedly is attempting to influence the results of the upcoming U.S. election in accordance with what he...

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Foreign Money and Revolving Doors

Robert W. MerryIt was difficult to take seriously the attack on President Obama’s UN ambassador, Susan Rice, based on her faulty renditions of events surrounding the killing of a U.S. ambassador and...

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Lasting Effects of the Hagel Nomination Saga

Paul R. PillarChuck Hagel's chances to become secretary of defense seem to be on the rise, with the biggest reason being the White House finally changing his status from prospective nominee to nominee,...

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A Revived Radicalism

Paul R. PillarA public discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations last week was concerned with identifying particular trouble spots and troublesome issues around the world that are apt to demand...

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The Gun Lobby Tackles Foreign Policy

Paul R. PillarThose of us who worry and write more about about foreign affairs than about domestic ones have largely been spared confrontation with the formidable U.S. gun lobby. There is only the...

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China's Unhealthy Elites

Elanah UretskyPresident Xi Jinping is the latest in a long line of Chinese rulers to campaign against corruption—but likely will not be the last.Xi’s austerity measures aimed at curtailing conspicuous...

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Israel's Fraying Image

Jacob HeilbrunnWHEN THE American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) holds its annual spring meeting in Washington, DC, the organization takes elaborate measures to present a portrait of...

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The U.S. Democracy Project

Jordan Michael SmithCARL GERSHMAN has the confident air of a man who knows his importance in Washington. As president of the congressionally funded National Endowment for Democracy (NED), he oversees...

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Oversimplifying Israel

Peter BerkowitzEditor’s Note: This piece is based on remarks delivered on May 22, when the Center for the National Interest hosted a symposium on Jacob Heilbrunn’s “Israel’s Fraying Image” from the...

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Huma and Anthony: Washington Horror Couple

Robert W. MerryAuthor James Michener famously said of Hawaii’s nineteenth century New England missionaries that they went to the islands to do good and ended up doing very, very well. Washington...

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