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Heather Hurlburt
Heather Hurlburt is the director of New Models of Policy Change at New America. She served as special assistant and speechwriter to President Bill Clinton, speechwriter and member of the State Department's policy planning staff, and has held senior positions on Capitol Hill and in several DC-based advocacy organizations. She cohosts the monthly Bloggingheads show Drezburt, and has a weekly column at World Policy Review.Follow @natsecHeather
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The Best Way to Deal With Putin? Take It Slow
With few good options to addressing Russia’s moves on Ukraine, the West needs keep larger goals in mind.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Obama’s Next Move in the Middle East
There are lots of possible courses of action that the president could take in his response to the fighting in Gaza, but which is the best?
Posted inAmerica and the World
Long Lives the Arab Spring
Many commenters are ready to declare that democratic movements through the Middle East are over. They are wrong.
Posted inBooks
I’ve Got Some Assignments for Rachel Maddow
Looking at Drift from the perspective of defense intellectuals.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
An Easter Foreign-Policy Lesson
Were the president’s engagement with progressive Christianity respected by the right and understood better across the globe, it would send a powerful message about religious pluralism.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Maryland, My Maryland
A less-than-sunny update on one of the bluest states in the country.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Be Nice to Heather Hurlburt, Ms. Graff’s Substitute Teacher
I’ll be taking over E.J.’s blog while she’s on vacation. A short introduction …
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Nobody Puts Petraeus in a Corner
Why do Republicans think moving from the military to the president’s cabinet is a demotion?
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Beyond Bin Laden
What does national security look like with the world’s most wanted terrorist out of the way?