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  • Policy Watch: Help from Syria and Iran? 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2006-12-01)
    One idea being floated for resolving the conflict in Iraq is for the United States to get help in doing this from Iran and Syria -- two governments that Washington has long had hostile relations with. It is highly doubtful ...
  • Policy Watch: How multipolar is Moscow? 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-03-03)
    "Russian President Vladimir Putin has frequently called for the creation of a ""multipolar"" world in order to limit America's ability to act unilaterally without consulting others, especially him. Putin has encouraged ...
  • Policy Watch: Impact of Britain's drawdown 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-02-23)
    Tony Blair's announcement that Britain will reduce its troop presence in Iraq from 7,100 to 5,500 by the end of summer, and possibly to 5,000 by the end of 2007 has come as a shock to the Bush administration. After all, ...
  • Policy Watch: In praise of pessimism 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-06-05)
    Many of these columns have been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Others have been critical of American President George W. Bush. Those who object to my criticism of Putin see me as a conservative, while those ...
  • Policy Watch: Iran and the Iraqi Sunnis 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-04-20)
    "The U.S. government has long claimed that Iran is providing arms and training to anti-American Shiite militia groups in Iraq. For Iran to do this may be reprehensible, but is at least understandable in that the majority ...
  • Policy Watch: Iraq and the war on terror 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-01-12)
    "Unlike his earlier optimistic assessments of the situation in Iraq, President George W. Bush's Jan. 10 address to the nation painted a much grimmer picture of the complex problems that have emerged there. He also announced ...
  • Policy Watch: Iraqi democracy's obstacles 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-02-02)
    Whatever else has gone wrong in Iraq, the Bush administration can point to the fact that free elections have been held there and that a democratically elected government is in place, albeit not really in power. But can ...
  • Policy Watch: Japan's cultural power 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-07-30)
    If you have a teenager in your house, then chances are you know something about Japanese anime manga, whether in the form of paperback comics, television series, movies, electronic games, or -- as teenagers like to say -- ...
  • Policy Watch: Japan, China and N.Korea 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2006-10-21)
    "U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week secured a pledge from Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso that Japan ""is absolutely not considering"" acquiring nuclear weapons in response to the recent North Korean ...
  • Policy Watch: Key to democratic revolution 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-04-13)
    There have been several attempts at democratic revolution in recent years. Some of these have succeeded, but others have failed. Why? A key factor in determining the success or failure of attempts at democratic revolution ...
  • Policy Watch: Korea after unification 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-07-06)
    "It may be years away, but the unification of the two Koreas is bound to occur some day -- the most likely route through the collapse of the North. This could occur because ""Dear Leader"" proves to be a threat to too many ...
  • Policy Watch: Maliki's monumental mistake 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-01-08)
    Saddam Hussein was a horrible man. We still do not know how many Iraqis he killed during his tyranny. He is responsible for the deaths of many Iranians and Kuwaitis too. His unseemly execution, however, has turned him into ...
  • Policy Watch: Moscow's Lebanon policy 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2006-08-27)
    "The fighting that erupted between Israel and Hezbollah last month has resulted in Russian officials issuing numerous statements, but not taking much action. These statements consisted of: 1.) Calls for an immediate ...
  • Policy Watch: Moscow's Mideast hopes 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-06-11)
    Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has pursued three main goals in the Middle East: first, to prevent the United States from becoming the predominant power there; second, to prevent the Middle East (and broader Muslim world) ...
  • Policy Watch: Nukes divide Russia, Iran 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-03-23)
    While long perceived in Washington as friends, Russia and Iran clearly do not regard each other as such at present. The Russian Atomic Energy Organization, after many years of delay, has almost finished work on the nuclear ...
  • Policy Watch: Putin and Ahmadinejad 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2006-09-13)
    Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the June 2005 election of the staunchly anti- American Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran. Ahmadinejad, though, has proven to be a difficult partner for Putin -- especially ...
  • Policy Watch: Putin and Europe 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-05-21)
    The change of power from Jacques Chirac to Nicolas Sarkozy is important to France and to all Europe. But it is important for Vladimir Putin and Russia, too. Chirac is the second of the two major European leaders to leave ...
  • Policy Watch: Putin's BMD game 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-06-15)
    In order to prevent the United States from establishing a ballistic missile defense system aimed at Iran in Poland and the Czech Republic -- which Moscow sees as actually directed against Russia -- Russian President Vladimir ...
  • Policy Watch: Putin's Munich speech 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-02-16)
    "Russian President Vladimir Putin's Feb. 10 speech at the Munich Conference on Security Policy received a lot of press coverage in the West for its criticism of U.S. foreign policy. Less noted in the United States, however, ...
  • Policy Watch: Putin's potemkin alliance 
    Katz, Mark N. (UPI.com (United Press International, Inc.), 2007-03-16)
    "Russian President Vladimir Putin places great store by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a regional international organization Russia co-founded in 2001 that also includes China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, ...

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