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							<title><![CDATA[Iran and the New Rules of Global Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/iran-and-new-rules-global-power</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Pape</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The making and unmaking of American dominance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Escalation Favors Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/why-escalation-favors-iran</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Pape</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America and Israel may have bitten off more than they can chew.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Israel Falling Into the 'Smart-Bomb Trap']]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/israels-futile-air-war</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Pape</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Precision strikes will not destroy Iran's nuclear program'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'or its government.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Violent Style in American Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/our-own-worst-enemies</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Pape</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Political trends do not move in straight lines, and predicting the future can be a fool'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s errand. But it is safe to say that the United States has a rough road ahead.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a Smarter Way To Eliminate Hamas]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/01/opinions/israel-flawed-strategy-defeating-hamas-pape/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Pape</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Israel'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s strategy for defeating Hamas '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' destroying its military and political capabilities to the point where the terrorist group can never again launch major attacks against Israeli civilians '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' is unlikely to work.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Orlando Attack Shows How ISIS Calls the Shots]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/06/13/orlando-shooting-shows-how-isis-calls-shots/MmOsqLlQ4dvZXOGRpA9WkO/story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Pape</author>
							<description><![CDATA[IN THE WAKE of the worst mass shooting in US history, the search for ISIS'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s role in the carnage has focused on whether the group directed or merely inspired the attack, but the terror in Orlando shows that we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re missing the point.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The truth is that ISIS is creating a new role...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A New Normal for Europe]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/03/22/new-normal-for-europe/xN6WfMy3W6kTjIJkPWKojM/story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Robert Pape</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s multiple terrorist attacks in Brussels, which killed upwards of 30 people, tell us two very important things: Paris was not a one-off, and the United States and its Western allies in the war against ISIS need to be seriously concerned about more such attacks in the near...]]></description>
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