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Vehicles carrying Syria's national flag and playing pro-President Bashar al-Assad songs, drive through the streets in Damascus (REUTERS/ Khaled al-Hariri).

Opinion

Two Thoughts On Syria and Kosovo

August 27, 2013, Wells C. Bennett

Wells Bennett writes on President Obama's ability to militarily intervene in Syria without prior congressional approval.

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Opinion | Foreign Policy

In General James Cartwright’s Stuxnet Case, the Obama Administration's Infighting on Cyber Leaks Goes Public

June 28, 2013, Shane Harris and Noah Shachtman
Opinion | Global Public Square, CNN.com

Susan Rice: Team Player

June 5, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon
Book

Refugee Repatriation: Justice, Responsibility and Redress

2013, Cass Sunstein
Opinion | The National Interest

The Danger of Groupthink in the Obama Administration

February 26, 2013, Paul R. Pillar
Paper

President Obama’s Second Term: Staffing Challenges and Opportunities

February 2013, Kathryn Dunn Tenpas
Opinion | Forbes

A Suggestion for President Obama’s State of the Union Address

February 11, 2013, Bill Frenzel
In the News

If you are going to do something big or important, do it fast. A presidential administration is like an hourglass with the sand running out. There is a blip up with your second inauguration. You know the odds are that you are going to lose seats at the midterm election, and pretty soon you are going to look pretty lame-duckish, as even your supporters start to choose up sides over your successor.
November 23, 2012, Stephen Hess, National Journal
Opinion | The New Republic

The Morning After: What a Narrow Win Would Mean for Obama’s Second Term

November 1, 2012, William A. Galston
In the News

If the president could get something from Congress on a compromise, he might take that, but instead, since he’s not getting much of anything from Capitol Hill, he essentially is taking everything he wants, and the unilateral actions let him do that in a pretty substantial way.
October 29, 2012, John Hudak, The Washington Times
Opinion | The Las Vegas Sun

A Strategy to Rebuild Manufacturing in the Mountain West

September 23, 2012, John Hudak