Commentary / World May 1, 2013
Why Putin's peace pact in Chechnya will collapse
The involvement of two ethnic Chechens in the Boston Marathon bombing shows that the wars that ravaged the Russian republic more than a decade ago aren't over.
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Commentary / World Feb 19, 2011
The West's Middle East pillars of sand crumble
LONDON — Two centuries ago, Napoleon's arrival in Egypt heralded the advent of the modern Middle East. Now, almost 90 years after the demise of the Ottoman Empire, 50 years after the end of colonialism, and eight years after the Iraq war began, the ...