Max Boot's Blog, page 8

This is an idea first proposed by Vice President Biden in 2006 when he was a senator. It was a non-starter then and it won't work any better today. While the Kurdish region in the north is already almost an independent country, neither Shiites nor Sunnis are interested in splitting up the rest of Iraq—something that would be hard to do, in any case, because the two sects are intermingled in Baghdad and other areas. Just as the solution to Iraq's last major bout of bloodletting, in 2003-2007, wasn't partition, so it isn't today.

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Iraq Population

Max Boot writes that Obama's Syria policy has contributed to what may be the worst humanitarian crisis in two decades, and that the U.S. could do far more short of sending in ground troops to ameliorate the situation.

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Max Boot and Michael Doran argue that the Obama administration's efforts to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough with Iran have contributed to the recent instability in the Middle East and are destined to fail in the end.

Iran Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Politics and Strategy

argues that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's sectarian politics and the early withdrawal of American troops have fueled Al Qaeda's rise in Anbar province.

Iraq; Terrorism

"Mandela's example is a ringing endorsement of what is derisively known as the "great man school of history"–the notion that influential individuals make a huge difference in how events turn out," writes .

South Africa Presidents and Chiefs of State

Max Boot argues that Tehran has shown no sign it is willing to end its cold war with the West.

Iran Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation