Paul R. Pillar

Paul R. Pillar is director of graduate studies at Georgetown University's Security Studies Program and a former national intelligence officer for the Near East and South Asia. He is a contributing editor to The National Interest.

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The Decline of State-Sponsored Terrorism
Paul R. Pillar
May 22, 2012
The Politics of the Afghan End Game
The U.S. will be better off when we can finally leave Afghanistan.
Paul R. Pillar
May 2, 2012
Kim Jong Un to George W. Bush: Why the World Still Has Hereditary Rulers
Paul R. Pillar
April 18, 2012
The Accidental Coup: How Confused Protesters Seized an African Country
Paul R. Pillar
April 4, 2012
The U.S.-Israeli Conflict of Interest
Paul R. Pillar
March 30, 2012
Why the Rogue Soldier's Attack in Afghanistan Was Probably Inevitable
Paul R. Pillar
March 12, 2012
Why Israeli Public Opinion Opposes a Strike on Iran
Paul R. Pillar
March 1, 2012
What America Can Learn From Hungary's Backsliding Democracy
Paul R. Pillar
January 20, 2012
American Politicians Should Care More About Global Public Opinion
Paul R. Pillar
January 7, 2012
Why Obama Shouldn't Let Yemen's President Come to the U.S.
Paul R. Pillar
December 29, 2011