May 13, 2020
A cold war is heating up with China, particularly after a new report that Joe Biden is going to try to — mistakenly — try to out-hawk Trump.
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May 13, 2020
Former Trump national security adviser HR McMaster’s essay calling for the U.S. to take a more confrontational stance on China falls flat.
May 12, 2020
As “post-Covid” countries continue reopening their economies to business, the world may soon become divided into “Covid-safe” and “Covid-unsafe” zones.
May 12, 2020
Without more international funding, the impact of the locusts across the Horn of Africa, Middle East, and South Asia — on top of the COVID-19 pandemic — is going to be catastrophic.
May 11, 2020
Congress should continually remind Trump that the American people don’t want a war with Iran.
May 11, 2020
If there’s a silver lining to Israel’s impending annexation of the West Bank, it’s that it will force the world confront more directly the reality of what Israel has been doing in the occupied territories.
May 11, 2020
Donald Trump withdrew from the multilateral nuclear deal with Iran, known as the JCPOA, in May 2018, and reinstated sanctions against the country.
May 10, 2020
Trump botched his COVID-19 response disastrously, so now he’s giving anti-China conspiracy theories the full weight of the U.S. government.
May 10, 2020
Out of context whispers of intelligence are like catnip to reporters and sometimes high ranking military officials weaponize it to advance their preferred policy positions.
May 9, 2020
Lockdowns are not only aggravating conflict around the world, but they’re also making it more difficult for local peacebuilders to make key connections to mitigate it.
May 8, 2020
Two years ago, on May 8, 2018, the Trump administration withdrew unilaterally from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly called the Iran nuclear deal, and then imposed “maximum pressure” sanctions on Iran.
May 8, 2020
U.S. primacy increasingly no longer reflects the realities in a region where traditional American partners no longer concern themselves with finding common cause with Washington.
May 8, 2020
The American obsession with Iran has led to a series of policy failures throughout the past four decades. It’s time to change course.
May 8, 2020
A new report finds that the Trump administration has increased the global nuclear threat through policy failures and mismanagement.
May 7, 2020
While the military characterized the move as part of a planned withdrawal that reflects the view that Iran now poses less of a threat, the news has prompted debate over the timing of the decision.
May 7, 2020
The old paradigm that has served as the foundation of the U.S.-Saudi relationship over the previous 75 years — security for Riyadh in exchange for reliable oil supplies for Washington — is no longer as applicable as it once was.
May 7, 2020
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has shifted his gaze from his “Vision 2030” of a restructured economy to shoring up the regime’s political authority.
May 7, 2020
Regime change proponents are trying to use an expiring arms embargo to prevent the next president from reentering the Iran nuclear deal.
May 7, 2020
The Saudis have reason to try to distract from what’s going on inside the country.
May 7, 2020
Internet has in recent years made its way to the long list of foes Iranian hardliners wholeheartedly wish to defeat in preparation for transmuting the country into an “Islamic North Korea.”
May 6, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout may rewrite the security as well as the political and economic map of the Middle East.