Washington's questionable Cold War allies
Uncle Sam's backyard: friendly Latin American strongmen
Chiang Kai-Shek: America's troublesome "free world" client
A preference for authoritarians: Washington backs South Korean dictators
From Jinnah to jihad: Washington's Cold War relations with Pakistan
Cold War to Holy War: the U.S.-Saudi alliance
Subverting democracy: supporting the Shah of Iran
Navigating a quagmire: sustaining South Vietnamese dictators
Heart of darkness: U.S. policy toward Mobutu's dictatorship in Zaire
Flying blind in Manila: enabling Ferdinand Marcos
The "good communists": Tito and Ceaușescu
Playing the China card: strategic rapprochement with Beijing
America's authoritarian partners after 9/11
Pyramid of cards: Washington's policy toward Egypt from Mubarak to El-Sisi
From "golden chain" to Arab Spring: the sordid tale of U.S.-Saudi relations
Janus-faced partners: America and Pakistan after 9/11
Tangled trails of the Silk Road: Washington and Central Asia's tyrants
Closing the values gap: protecting security, preserving values.