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		<title>Follow-Up: Confronting Iran in an Election Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting follow-up to a previous blog post on how domestic politics and world politics are intertwined: In a January 8 post, I quoted Michael Cohen in Foreign Policy arguing that the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign and its associated rhetoric may constrain &#8230; <a href="http://worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/follow-up-confronting-iran-in-an-election-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4222822&amp;post=1370&amp;subd=worldpoliticsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>State Sovereignty, Supranationalism, and the EU&#8217;s Threat Against Hungary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State sovereignty is a bedrock principle of today&#8217;s international system.  It means that governments exercise final authority within their own borders and that states are free from foreign interference in their internal affairs.  Of course, sovereignty is sometimes more clear in theory than &#8230; <a href="http://worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/state-sovereignty-supranationalism-and-the-eus-threat-against-hungary/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4222822&amp;post=1362&amp;subd=worldpoliticsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Preemption, Preventive War, and Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of last November&#8217;s UN report indicating Iran is working toward a nuclear weapon and rising tensions between Western countries and Iran, the debate over striking Iran has reached a fever pitch in Washington.  In the pages of &#8230; <a href="http://worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/preemption-preventive-war-and-iran/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4222822&amp;post=1355&amp;subd=worldpoliticsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PIPA, SOPA, and Internet Freedom in a Globalized World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve tried to access Wikipedia today, you&#8217;ve noticed the site is blacked out. Visitors are not allowed to access Wikipedia&#8217;s vast collection of user-produced encyclopedia entries, but are instead taken to a jarring black screen that says the following: &#8230; <a href="http://worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/pipa-sopa-and-internet-freedom-in-a-globalized-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4222822&amp;post=1342&amp;subd=worldpoliticsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does Campaign Rhetoric Matter for Foreign Policy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the presidential primary season heats up in the United States, with Republican hopefuls criticizing Obama&#8217;s foreign policy and staking out their own positions on issues ranging from China to Iran to climate change, it is worth considering how the &#8230; <a href="http://worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/does-campaign-rhetoric-matter-for-foreign-policy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4222822&amp;post=1335&amp;subd=worldpoliticsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Best Hope for Democracy Its Short-Term Suppression?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in the latest issue of the realist journal The National Interest argues that a significant shift is under way in America&#8217;s approach to the Middle East.  Nikolas Gvosdev and Ray Takeyh lament America&#8217;s alleged abandonment of realism and its embrace &#8230; <a href="http://worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/is-the-best-hope-for-democracy-its-short-term-suppression/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4222822&amp;post=1330&amp;subd=worldpoliticsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Will Domestic Politics Paralyze World Politics in 2012?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the world turns the page to 2012, watchers of world politics have unleashed an array of forecasts for the new year, ranging from the optimistic to the pessimistic to everywhere in between.  One interesting prediction is contributed by Financial &#8230; <a href="http://worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/will-domestic-politics-paralyze-world-politics-in-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4222822&amp;post=1321&amp;subd=worldpoliticsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Trouble With Exit Strategies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger famously created the &#8220;Weinberger Doctrine&#8221;&#8211;a set of tests that had to be met before U.S. troops could be sent into harm&#8217;s way.  These requirements were formulated largely to avoid another Vietnam-type &#8220;quagmire&#8221; (where the U.S. &#8230; <a href="http://worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/the-trouble-with-exit-strategies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4222822&amp;post=1316&amp;subd=worldpoliticsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq, Sectarian Violence, and the Myth of the State</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Days after American combat forces completed their withdrawal from Iraq, it seems the country is on the brink of political chaos and perhaps even civil war.  Many Sunni Arabs (who make up a minority of the population but were favored &#8230; <a href="http://worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/iraq-sectarian-violence-and-the-myth-of-the-state/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4222822&amp;post=1309&amp;subd=worldpoliticsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Autocracy, Legitimacy, and the North Korean Succession</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news media and the blogosphere are buzzing with speculation about the fate of North Korea in the wake of Kim Jong Il&#8217;s death. At first glance, this might appear surprising: in a regime the New York Times calls an &#8220;odd &#8230; <a href="http://worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/autocracy-legitimacy-and-the-north-korean-succession/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=worldpoliticsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4222822&amp;post=1300&amp;subd=worldpoliticsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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