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Author: Samuel Obletz

Essays

Beware of Dog: Bluff and Denial in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Samuel Obletz

In December 2003, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hiding in a spider hole. It was a stark decline for a dictator responsible for ensnaring the United States ...

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Column

Putin and USAID: The Makings of a Grip Too Tight on Power

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Samuel Obletz / 0 Comment

In September 2012, the Russian government, headed by President Vladimir Putin, mandated that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) cease operati...

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