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2013, Cass Sunstein
Operative in the Kremlin
2013, Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy
Essays on the Contemporary Meaning of the War of 1812
2012, Pietro S. Nivola and Peter J. Kastor, eds.
2012, Justin Vaïsse
Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama (Revised Edition)
2012, Deborah Kalb and Marvin Kalb
Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy
2012, Benjamin Wittes, ed.
Barack Obama's Foreign Policy
2012, Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Martin S. Indyk and Michael E. O'Hanlon
2011, Michael E. O'Hanlon
Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future<br>Revised edition
2010, Bruce Riedel
Defense and Security Spending Under Barack Obama
2009, Michael E. O'Hanlon
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Darrell M. West
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Jonathan Rauch
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Pietro S. Nivola
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