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Cover Story
Ford Doesn’t Mince Words
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People of World Influence
To Figure Out Middle East,
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ISIS’s Appeal
Islamic State Foreign Fighters
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Kurds to the Rescue
Kurds Take Center Stage
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Un-Diplospeak
Fluency Varies in Language
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All Aboard!
U.S. Ports Need Investment to Handle
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Obama’s Inner Circle
Three Ex-Top Obama Officials
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Medical
HIV/AIDS Becomes Different
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Shibley Telhami has been trying to figure out the Middle East by going straight to the source for more than two decades. 
The Islamic State’s ideological appeal has attracted hundreds of foreign fighters to its ruthless cause, alarming governments around the world. 
After dreaming of independence for nearly a century, the Kurds are emerging as the West’s great white hope to drive the Islamic State out of Iraq. 
The language of 21st-century diplomacy can be fluid and unforgiving, but why is there such a disparity between blunt private talk and vanilla public statements? And why are diplomats in some parts of the world more “undiplomatic” than others? 
From the Chesapeake Bay to New Orleans the Pacific Northwest, U.S. ports are handling record cargo volumes, and calling for an influx of investment to sustain the growth. 
Three members of Barack Obama’s inner circle — Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, Timothy Geithner — have released memoirs that shed light on a complex presidency. 
The evolution of HIV/AIDS from a death sentence less than 20 years ago into a manageable chronic disease has brought with it what health experts call a “great problem to have.” 