December 4, 2020
Reports emerged of a possible breakthrough, but details were scant.
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December 4, 2020
The short answer is, no, it is not. Yet it may be understandable why the US might well believe it so.
December 4, 2020
We’re bombarded with concern about Iranian state-sponsored terrorism, but why the silence when our friends do it?
December 4, 2020
The co-founder of the notorious ex-private mercenary firm Blackwater has hinted about getting the band back together.
December 3, 2020
The best hope for reducing Pentagon spending is the collision between that department’s never-ending, ever-rising desires and the overriding economic and political realities of this difficult moment.
December 3, 2020
If the goal of the assassination was to derail the JCPOA, it may have failed miserably.
December 3, 2020
With Blinken and Haines in charge, Biden’s approach could send fragile relationships back to square one.
December 2, 2020
The Netanyahu government’s primary goal is to keep Iran forever ostracized, sanctioned, and loathed.
December 1, 2020
There is a covert war being waged by the U.S. and Israel, but its only accomplishment so far is the alienation of regular Iranians.
December 1, 2020
A prominent NYT journalist got called out for sloppy reporting on Iran’s nuclear program; but the offenses go far beyond the paper of record.
December 1, 2020
A simple peace seems to have eluded one president after another, but we will get nowhere on the peninsula without it
December 1, 2020
The Trump administration’s expected listing will only impede humanitarian aid efforts in Yemen.
November 30, 2020
His Middle East ‘farewell tour’ smacked of an effort to cement relationships with autocratic rulers and the GOP base.
November 30, 2020
Could is not should, of course, but those who say a full pullout within weeks can’t be done are wrong.
November 30, 2020
A restoration of global dominance and intervention is the wrong antidote for the sickness afflicting the country today.
November 29, 2020
Keeping students from traveling overseas for even a year is undermining our understanding and appreciation of each other.
November 28, 2020
For decades, our Africa policy has taken a blunt approach, quickly designating the good guys and the bad and painting each with a broad brush that demands unquestioning loyalty or enmity.
November 28, 2020
The unipolar world is over, but it’s taking some on both sides of the ideological spectrum a long time to admit it.
November 27, 2020
While it’s currently unclear who is responsible, Israel has the motive and an enabler in Washington.
November 27, 2020
The author tackles a series of entrenched historical myths, but offers a somewhat unrealistic way forward.
November 27, 2020
Everything the outgoing administration is doing today seems coordinated to obstruct the Biden team tomorrow.