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William R. Polk is a widely published historian specializing in the Middle East. His biography can be found here and a complete list of his recent writings here.
How to Evolve an Exit Strategy From America's Foreign Policy Shambles (16 June 2014)
The Struggle for Palestine (Fall 2014)
Sayyid Qutub’s Fundamentalism and Abu Bakr Naji’s Jihadism (December 2013)
Understanding Syria (Fall 2013)
- Part I: Historical Background Leading Up to Civl War (6 November 2013)
- Part II: Intellectual and Political Foundations of 21 Century Jihad (5 December 2013)
- Part III: Chemical Weapons (13 December 2013)
Libya Backgrounder (April 2011)
Ukraine
Polk Report: Historical Background on the Ukranian Crisis (19 December 2014)
- Cuban Missile Crisis in Reverse (with intro "The Dangers of a Slow Boil in Ukraine")
