Fred Hill
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It is almost impossible to think of a silver lining in a calamity of the magnitude of the earthquake in Haiti. more
President Barack Obama did not quote any books in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech last week. But he might well have mentioned one or two in particular. Several pundits heard the … more
Dividing Iraq into three separate entities, if not nations, emerged as an appealing option at the worst point of civil war in Iraq in 2006 and 2007. more
Barack Obama’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize is both deserved and not deserved. more
If the nuclear arms race were to be measured on a 100-yard football field, the United States, Russia, China and all responsible nuclear powers are huddling on their own 25 yard line — with the clock ticking down as the last quarter of the “end-game” unfolds. more
If the Soviet empire crumbled quickly with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Islamic republic of Iran now faces the disintegration of a very different set of walls. more
The rugged terrain and tragic history of Afghanistan have generated a colorful range of analogies and aphorisms, many from the fateful “Great Game” played out between Britain and Russia in the … more
Change in Washington will not meet change in Tehran after all — at least not yet. Hopes for a new and more open leadership in Iran were dashed by the victory of the hardliners in last … more
President Obama’s ambitious agenda to revive Ronald Reagan’s vision of a world free of nuclear weapons drew significant support in the last month from two major bipartisan groups. Both the … more
Restoring the American economy and leading a global revival. A responsible withdrawal from Iraq. A new and revised strategy for Afghanistan. A way to prevent Pakistan from falling apart. more
Recent developments in Iraq remind us that terrible instability can return in short order despite encouraging signs and limited steps toward reconciliation between warring Sunni and Shiite forces. … more
As if they don't have enough on their plate, the leaders of President Obama's national security team are obliged to produce a new national security strategy by mid-year. Administrations since … more
Several years ago, a senior State Department official said he understood I was from Maine. Was I from Camden? I said no. Why? more
Fifty-five American diplomats held hostage for 444 days in Tehran (1981). A CIA-led overthrow of a democratic Iranian government (1953). Iranian complicity in terrorist bombings of Marine barracks … more
The newly elected president was exhausted when he went to bed at 2 a.m. more
A former Secretary of State traveled to London, Moscow and Jerusalem years ago, and decided to buy a new suit in one city, according to a marvelous anecdote in Aaron Miller’s excellent memoir, “The Much Too Promised Land.” more
As usual, the national political conventions pulsed with harsh rhetoric and wild claims. But both parties and their candidates shed little light on the most important single qualification that’s needed to bring this country out of the dark passage of George W. Bush: leadership. more
During two decades in the newspaper business, I developed a peculiar measuring rod for political, economic and international events: hold on to your hats on Fridays, August, holidays and election years — in that order. more
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