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Something from Nothing

U.S. strategy in Afghanistan

Nir Rosen


Counterinsurgency doesn’t make sense. It asks soldiers, concerned primarily with survival, to be Wyatt Earp and Mother Theresa.



With responses by Helena Cobban, Syed Saleem Shahzad, J. Alexander Thier, Andrew Exum, Aziz Hakimi, Andrew J. Bacevich, Richard W. Miller, and Rajan Menon. Nir Rosen replies.


Investigative Special

An Ugly Peace

What changed in Iraq
Nir Rosen

A Death in Texas

Profits, poverty, and immigration converge
Tom Barry

God, The Army, and PTSD

Is religion an obstacle to treatment?
Tara McKelvey


Stories and Stats


The truth about Obama’s victory wasn’t in the papers


Andrew Gelman and John Sides

With responses by Rick Perlstein, Richard Johnston and Emily Thorson, Mark Schmitt, and Michael C. Dawson. Gelman and Sides respond.


Meeting the Demand
An ongoing series on resources
and climate change

Living with Coal

David Victor and Richard K. Morse

Small, Green, and Good

Catherine Tumber

The Rising Tide

Michael D. Mastrandrea and Stephen H. Schneider

Every Last Drop

Frank R. Rijsberman

Our Daily Bread

Without public investment, the food crisis will only get worse
Rosamond Naylor and Walter Falcon


Development in Dangerous Places

If richer states provide security, the poorest can finally grow.

Paul Collier

With responses by Stephen D. Krasner, William Easterly, Larry Diamond, Edward Miguel, Mike McGovern, and Nancy Birdsall.
Paul Collier responds.


Democracy and Muslim Minorities: A Special Issue

Land of My Dreams

Islamic liberalism under fire in India
Martha C. Nussbaum

Private Arrangements

‘Recognizing sharia’ in England
John R. Bowen

Sleepwalker

Forgetting Shakir Baloch
David Mikhail


Forum: How to Fix the Economy

Free Market Myth

Dean Baker

No New Tax Cuts

Jeff Madrick

Tools for the New Economy

Robert Pollin


Is it Africa's Turn?

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BR Footnote:
Boston Review’s intern blog

Culture-the missing piece of effective Counterinsurgency Policy (01/26/10)

(01/18/10)

Reconsider after Reading (01/16/10)

Welcome to Pottersville (01/15/10)

Obligations in Afghanistan (01/9/10)

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