March 8, 2020
The U.S. often evokes Iranian women’s struggles to justify coercive measures against Tehran. But evidence shows that U.S. policies help holding women back.
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March 8, 2020
Even as he’s reducing the number of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, Donald Trump is expanding and deepening the War on Terror — and making it deadlier.
March 8, 2020
Will those who care about a free and democratic Iran be able to work together, instead of undermining each other as they did in 1979?
March 7, 2020
Three-plus years into Donald Trump’s misshapen presidency the president was left with a rump collection of yes-people around him, like Rudy Giuliani.
March 6, 2020
As Lebanon celebrates its 100th birthday, it appears to be approaching a socioeconomic collapse precipitated by misguided and self-serving policies.
March 6, 2020
The Trump administration should extend New START and engage China on a parallel track regarding strategic stability and risk reduction measures.
March 6, 2020
Whether it is coronavirus or any other national crisis, Washington will not miss its chance to play politics with Tehran.
March 6, 2020
The response to the new coronavirus so far isn’t exactly inspiring confidence in how we’d handle much greater global threats.
March 6, 2020
Putin’s interest isn’t necessarily in any particularly candidate, but rather sowing division within the U.S. and among the U.S. and its allies abroad.
March 5, 2020
Establishing a safe zone filled with armed groups hostile to the Syrian government will only create a new Idlib and put off a final resolution to this nearly decade-long conflict.
March 5, 2020
United Against a Nuclear Iran is naming and shaming pharmaceutical companies despite having special licenses to sell medicine to Iran.
March 5, 2020
Biden adopts quite a restrained stance toward China relative to much of the rhetoric that has been generated by the foreign policy community for the past several years.
March 5, 2020
There are a handful of European countries that could revitalize the moribund diplomatic efforts with Iran.
March 5, 2020
With refugees stranded on Turkey’s border with Greece, the international community must reckon with its flawed, short-term approach to the Syrian civil war.
March 5, 2020
The China debate is in need of a revolution in thinking and restrainers are the group best positioned to lead it.
March 4, 2020
As the power of Iran’s unelected establishment grows, the prospects of diplomacy dwindle.
March 4, 2020
The number of extremist groups in North Africa have only grown as the U.S. military presence there has expanded.
March 3, 2020
The White House’s proposed Pentagon budget is “only” $740.5 billion. But the actual national security figure comes in at more than $1.2 trillion.
March 3, 2020
Questions about whether to carry on with a big expo are trivial compared to COVID-19’s ultimate risks, but the disease has dimmed the UAE’s prestige-building plans.
March 3, 2020
Cutting the Pentagon budget requires a multi-pronged approach that includes reform on anti-corruption, democracy, and campaign finance.
March 2, 2020
Given the escalation of violence between Turkey and Syrian government forces, Putin’s balancing act between Erdogan and Assad may no longer be sustainable.