August 13, 2020
The path for Israel and the UAE to normalize relations has the potential to get rocky.
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August 13, 2020
The administration is rejecting accountability for its actions and undermining mechanisms, including departmental inspectors general, designed to provide accountability.
August 13, 2020
At their convention next week, Democrats have a real opportunity to show they’re serious about the changes in U.S. foreign policy that will be required to alleviate human suffering around the world.
August 13, 2020
If he seriously intends to be more than a relic of pre-Trump liberal centrism, how exactly should President Biden go about making his mark?
August 13, 2020
Iran is aware of the differences and rivalries between New Delhi and Beijing. Accordingly, Iran will not put all its eggs in the Chinese basket.
August 13, 2020
The new Democratic VP candidate has not focused on foreign policy, but the evidence suggests she’ll integrate climate change, immigration policy, health care, and economic policy into national security priorities.
August 12, 2020
Was Donald Trump’s January 3rd drone assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani the first step in turning the simmering Cold War between the United States and Iran into a hot war in the weeks before an American presidential election?
August 12, 2020
Gulf rivals Iran and the United Arab Emirates are talking. What does it mean and where will it go from here?
August 12, 2020
American militarism has done nothing to alleviate human rights abuses in the Middle East. In reality, it has exacerbated them.
August 11, 2020
The odds are good that al-Jabri’s lawsuit will result in more domestic pressure coming down on Trump to take a different line toward MBS.
August 11, 2020
A new report from the Quincy Institute argues that current U.S. policy toward Syria is inflicting suffering on civilians and providing openings for bad actors like ISIS to reemerge.
August 11, 2020
Last week’s devastating explosions in Beirut have forced a reckoning for the government that the Lebanese people have long been calling for.
August 10, 2020
The fact that two of the three contenders for the top-spot on the committee opposed the Iran nuclear deal signals that there is a lot at stake.
August 10, 2020
If Joe Biden wins in November, there may not be much time to repair the damage Donald Trump has done.
August 8, 2020
The catastrophic explosion in Beirut’s port is a manifestation of the Lebanese political elite’s predation and dysfunction. It may be the last chance for those in power to effect long-overdue structural reforms.
August 7, 2020
A handful of authoritarian leaders around the world have an interest in helping Trump divide America.
August 7, 2020
As the Trump administration’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaigns have demonstrated, sanctions as a policy goal simply does not work.
August 7, 2020
The Quincy Institute is right to call for a withdrawal of US troops from the Middle East, but its timeline is too slow.
August 6, 2020
If truth is the first to die in war, the same is true for pandemics.
August 5, 2020
The Trump administration has abandoned climate change as a key issue for the Arctic and has instead turned toward harsh rhetoric aimed at Russia and China.
August 5, 2020
Top Pentagon officials and the high command are prioritizing the maintenance of empire at the expense of protecting the very bodies that make up the armed services.