Not Serious About Energy Independence WASHINGTON – “The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil Age will end long...
How to Cut The Roots of Terrorism By Paolo von Schirach November 27, 2007 WASHINGTON – Since 9/11 a cottage industry of theories about “the sources...
“The Decline of America” Revisited WASHINGTON – Remember Yale historian Paul Kennedy and his 1987 tome on “The Rise and Fall of the Great...
A Real Debate on Iraq by Paolo von Schirach September 26, 2007 WASHINGTON – There is a peculiar American tendency to obsessively dissect peripheral...
The swamp was not drained by Paolo von Schirach August 14, 2007 WASHINGTON – Early on, at the beginning of the campaign against al...
Iraq is not about fighting terrorism by Paolo von Schirach August 2, 2007 WASHINGTON – Not knowing exactly what kind of problem one is dealing...
Leaving Iraq? by Paolo von Schirach February 1, 2007 WASHINGTON – The hubristic hype that characterized the first 3 years of...
Recommending More Training for the Iraqis by Paolo von Schirach January 8, 2007 WASHINGTON – The choice of General David Petraeus as the new head...
Can the US promote democracy in the Middle East? WASHINGTON – American military commanders in Iraq have been saying for some time that the insurgency cannot be...