Middle East
![Photo reprinted courtesy isafmedia, via Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/8CtyHG An Afghan man votes in Khost Province, Afghanistan.](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/275x168/public/uploads/5007269322_d4dffdcddf_b.jpg?itok=C0c1M1yL)
November 10, 2014
Lieutenant Commander Joshua Frey on fighting insurgents with democratic elections.
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November 6, 2014
![The New York Times/Evelyn Hockstein http://www.usip.org/events/mediating-violent-conflict](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/275x168/public/uploads/Kenya%20-%20USIP.png?itok=IZIjZJPf)
November 4, 2014
![USIP http://www.usip.org/events/the-asia-foundation-survey-of-the-afghan-people](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/275x168/public/uploads/20141030-asiafoundation-event_2.jpg?itok=zSENYRfO)
November 4, 2014
![Photo reprinted courtesy TRAJAN 117 via Flickr An ISIL flag](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/275x168/public/uploads/Flag_of_the_Islamic_State.png?itok=miHB1Dvn)
October 29, 2014
Philip Seib makes the case for a new counterterrorism approach.
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October 20, 2014
![Photo via Pixabay](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/275x168/public/uploads/signs-1638668_1920.jpg?itok=6iMKWbMO)
October 11, 2014
An edited transcript of the CPD-BBC Forum held at USC, asking the hard questions about soft power.