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The most significant challenge facing the U.S. in an increasingly unstable Middle East today is understanding the rise of the Shi'ites across the region.

WASHINGTON needs to learn to talk, listen, and engage more and condemn less.

Seeking an effective end to the murderous mayhem in Darfur is representative of the few truly moral foreign policy initiatives of the Bush administration.

TYRANNY OFTEN ends in a whimper, not a conflagration. So it seems in today's Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe's immensely corrupt regime has destroyed a once prosperous African country, leaving behind only the stench of decay.

"Development is crucial for human security, not only for those in poor countries but also for people throughout the world."

Africa Advisory Panel suggests new US policy

A paper by the National Security Advisory Group