Map Of The Umayyad Caliphate Empire In 750 And The Islamic Empire In 1215. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
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Map Of The Umayyad Caliphate Empire In 750 And The Islamic Empire In 1215. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
In Search of the Vanished Caliphate
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Alexander Orwin
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Constitutional Government, Harvard University
Alexander Orwin
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(L) President George W. Bush views Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, August 31, 2005. (Paul Morse/White House/Getty Images) (R) President Lyndon B. Johnson views riot damage aboard a helicopter over Washington, DC, on April 7, 1968. (Frank Wolfe)
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(L) President George W. Bush views Hurricane Katrina’s devastation, August 31, 2005. (Paul Morse/White House/Getty Images) (R) President Lyndon B. Johnson views riot damage aboard a helicopter over Washington, DC, on April 7, 1968. (Frank Wolfe)
How Presidents Can Blow It During a National Disaster
Tevi Troy
Former Senior Fellow
Tevi Troy
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U.S President Barack Obama during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in response to the Iran nuclear deal on July 15, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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U.S President Barack Obama during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in response to the Iran nuclear deal on July 15, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Deal with the Devil
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
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Hisham Uadadeh enrolls in a health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act with the help of A. Michael Khoury at Leading Insurance Agency on February 13, 2014 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Hisham Uadadeh enrolls in a health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act with the help of A. Michael Khoury at Leading Insurance Agency on February 13, 2014 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
There Is No Fix
Jeffrey H. Anderson
Former Senior Fellow
Jeffrey H. Anderson
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Pedro Rojas holds a sign directing people to an insurance company where they can sign up for the Affordable Care Act before the February 15th deadline on February 5, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Pedro Rojas holds a sign directing people to an insurance company where they can sign up for the Affordable Care Act before the February 15th deadline on February 5, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The Cracks Start to Widen
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Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Walter Russell Mead
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