July 23, 2021
Don’t let the generals dictate the war’s legacy, make them answer for it
Expect the military officials who commanded Afghanistan to invoke ‘cutting and running.’ Let’s talk about why they failed.
July 25, 2021
Greater Middle East may force China to project military power sooner rather than later
Recent months have not been necessarily kind to Chinese aspirations of remaining aloof to conflict beyond its borders.
July 24, 2021
High stakes: How sanctions relief could impact EU-Iran trade
The new Iranian administration may agree on a revised JCPOA with the U.S. But if the economic benefits are paltry, political support will drain away.
July 22, 2021
No, the U.S. military is not ‘leaving’ Iraq
Officials have announced an ‘end’ to the combat mission, but this appears to be a shift in definitions rather than a real withdrawal.
July 22, 2021
The phoniness of opposition to the Iran nuclear agreement
Arguments against the JCPOA only become comprehensible only when one understands that nuclear nonproliferation is not their goal.
July 22, 2021
Is Russia playing the victim, or is the sense of impending siege justified?
Its new national security strategy may be calculated to appeal to voters, but the West has clearly helped to push Putin’s buttons, too.
July 21, 2021
If Biden can’t stand up to Saudi Arabia, then Congress should, and now
The administration has been sluggish in its pledge to withdraw material support to the Kingdom and help end the blockade in Yemen.
July 21, 2021
What does David Brooks see when he looks in the mirror?
The War on Terror-era neocon is at it again, scolding America for withdrawing from Afghanistan and advocating we stay in the game.
July 21, 2021
‘Honk for humane jobs’: NC activists challenge subsidies for weapons maker
A grassroots movement is opposing a package of nearly $100M in subsidies and local handouts for a new Raytheon defense plant in town.
July 21, 2021
Biden stalls on reinstating Cuban remittances for no good reason
Excuses for why the US can’t lift Trump restrictions on the cash Americans send their families there are outdated and inaccurate.
July 21, 2021
Bipartisan bill takes a bite out of runaway executive war powers
Senators Sanders, Lee, and Murphy have teamed up again, putting teeth into oversight of arms sales and interventions.
July 21, 2021
Europe’s self-inflicted irrelevance on the Iran nuclear deal
The E3’s failure to stand up to Trump was compounded by a series of miscalculations in the six months since Biden took office.
July 20, 2021
House passes another win for divided Korean American families
But will the Senate take up the mantle and finally bring about reunions between North Koreans and their families in America?
July 20, 2021
Trump Administration knew Soleimani killing risked war with Iran
Heavily redacted classified DOJ memo shows the legal contortions used to justify the 2020 assassination.
July 20, 2021
Jordanian King seeks, finds renewed ally in Biden visit
He needs all the friends he can get, with restiveness in the palace and on the Jordanian street, and a greater power struggle in the Middle East.
July 20, 2021
Surprise: no one ‘bad guy’ responsible for violence in the Middle East
New report finds that Iran is not ‘on the march,’ but among multiple powers, some US-backed, destabilizing the region.
July 20, 2021
Israeli — not Chinese — firm caught exporting its ‘authoritarian model’
Is there a double standard when government-linked makers and sellers of ‘nasty’ spyware used by autocrats are U.S. allies?
July 19, 2021
Supporting Moïse, Washington lost Haitian trust
Two administrations could have done something when it counted. But now ‘doing something’ is no longer welcome in Port-au-Prince.
July 19, 2021
American Civil War and the Lesson for China and Taiwan
The willingness of countries to spill blood and treasure over secession is universal. Who thinks China would be any different?