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  • Max Boot speaks at a panel discussion at the 2010 Current Strategy Forum at the Naval War College, in Newport, Rhode Island, June 8, 2010.
    Max Boot speaks at a panel discussion at the 2010 Current Strategy Forum at the Naval War College, in Newport, Rhode Island, June 8, 2010.
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    Booted From the Right

    In Max Boot’s new memoir, the writer, once a figurehead of conservative politics, explains why he left the right over Trump

    byRon Radosh
  • American-Egyptian supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi demonstrate outside the White House in Washington on July 7, 2013. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
    American-Egyptian supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi demonstrate outside the White House in Washington on July 7, 2013. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
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    New Egyptian Regime Reopens Old Fights in Republican Foreign Policy Circles

    In the wake of the military takeover, realists and neocons revisit the legacy of George W. Bush’s Freedom Agenda

    byLee Smith
  • CIA Director David Petraeus arrives to testify before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Jan. 31, 2012.(Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)
    CIA Director David Petraeus arrives to testify before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Jan. 31, 2012.(Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Losing Petraeus, Losing Iran

    The general was one of few who understood that Iran was at war with the U.S., and no bargain could be struck

    byLee Smith
  • Supporters of Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate in Egypt's presidential election, pray during the party's last campaign rally in Cairo on May 20, 2012.(Mahmud Hams/AFP/GettyImages)
    Supporters of Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate in Egypt's presidential election, pray during the party's last campaign rally in Cairo on May 20, 2012.(Mahmud Hams/AFP/GettyImages)
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    An Egyptian Democrat Gives Up

    The first free presidential election in Egypt begins today. No matter the winner, liberal democracy has lost.

    byAmr Bargisi
  • A pro-flotilla protest yesterday in Gaza City.(Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
    A pro-flotilla protest yesterday in Gaza City.(Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Anchored

    How Israel thwarted the second Gaza flotilla

    byMarc Tracy
  • Gen. David Petraeus testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this month.(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
    Gen. David Petraeus testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this month.(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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    Silent Right

    How Jewish conservatives blew it on Iraq and Iran

    byDavid P. Goldman
  • Gen. Petraeus testifying yesterday.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    Gen. Petraeus testifying yesterday.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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    What Petraeus Actually Said

    General thinks Israel is merely one factor in region

    byMarc Tracy
  • President Obama speaking in Cairo(Getty Images)
    President Obama speaking in Cairo(Getty Images)
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    Purple Prose of Cairo

    The trouble with conservative critiques of Obama’s Cairo speech

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