The Middle East is falling apart
As news out of the Middle East goes from bad to worse — the humanitarian disaster in Yemen, Libya’s disintegration, the fall of Ramadi to ISIL, take your pick — the inevitable American tendency,...
View ArticleThe Iran endgame
As Secretary of State John Kerry and other foreign ministers head to Vienna for what is supposed to be the final week of talks before a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran, it is still far from...
View ArticleThe Iran Endgame
As Secretary of State John Kerry and other foreign ministers head to Vienna for what is supposed to be the final week of talks before a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran, it is still far from...
View ArticleThe Iran deal turned out pretty well
It will likely be many days, or even weeks, before anyone not holed up in Vienna for the past 18 days can make a proper assessment of the detailed, 109-page comprehensive nuclear agreement reached...
View ArticleWar actually is an alternative to Iran deal
Of all the arguments President Barack Obama made last week in his defense of the Iran nuclear deal, the one that has provoked the most vigorous — and curious — reaction from his critics was the...
View ArticleKing Salman goes to Washington
When King Salman of Saudi Arabia visits the White House this Friday — his first visit to the United States since acceding to the throne —Washington’s political world will be focused with great...
View ArticleIt’s time to rethink Syria
If somehow the tragic trajectory of the conflict in Syria were not apparent enough, several dramatic developments in recent weeks have come together to make it impossible to ignore. The most obvious is...
View ArticleObama’s new dance with Iran
Just six months after the historic Iran nuclear agreement was finalized, the first major step in its implementation is about to be taken: Barring any last-minute glitches, the International Atomic...
View ArticleWhy Trump’s foreign policy might prove less radical than you think
As Donald Trump completes the rather chaotic process of choosing his cabinet and preparing to take office, leaders and publics around the world have understandably begun to brace themselves for — or...
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