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The problem in the Middle East is, at its base, a breakdown in order associated with the serial failures of colonial rule, postcolonial monarchies, Arab nationalism, socialist dictatorships, and Islamist extremism to provide effective governance and forge a common identity across diverse communities. Decades of conflict fragmented societies along e

the next-most-important element is how to divide time usage and schedule the presentation of subject matter.

It was a good feeling for briefers to be referred to by name, and it sent a clear message to participants that individuals mattered in our organization.

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But harnessing these clustered small-team networks into an inclusive, aligned whole that can be managed and directed is a unique challenge. At the core of this new organizational model is the idea of maintaining constant one-mission focus.

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What the world needs is a comprehensive strategy based on the recognition that countries will not suppress their security and economic interests to join an international agreement. Proposals must have broad commercial and political appeal not only in prosperous nations, but also in developing economies.25 And those solutions must avoid focusing on

That is why breaking the cycle of violence, restoring hope, reforming education, and isolating vulnerable populations from jihadist ideology are essential to defeating those who foment hatred to justify violence against innocents. It is also why strategic empathy and, in particular, the effort to understand how emotion and ideology drive and constr

Strategy requires a sense of the whole that reveals the significance of respective parts.