December 27, 2019
As Lebanon teeters on default, new PM Hassan Diab’s ability to cobble together a functioning government depends principally on his courage and vision.
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December 26, 2019
Many in the international community at large will refuse to accept Saudi Arabia’s secretive court proceedings around the Khashoggi murder as credible.
December 26, 2019
The Court could also issue a formal ruling on whether it has jurisdiction to investigate war crimes in the Occupied Territories, thereby removing ambiguity regarding a key Israeli government argument against it.
December 26, 2019
As the first U.S. president with no prior public service experience and one who doesn’t read books or most anything else, Trump probably has the shallowest understanding of world affairs of any president in U.S. history.
December 26, 2019
The struggle against corruption in the Arab world faces hurdles that may prevent today’s demonstrators from realizing the unformed and unrealized dreams of comprehensive political change.
December 24, 2019
It’s difficult to quantify the indirect human costs of war: mental illness or chronic injuries in people eternally grieving or struggling to adjust to worlds that have often been turned upside down.
December 23, 2019
The Washington Post’s publication of the “Afghanistan Papers” unveiled over 2,000 pages of unpublished notes of interviews with U.S. officials involved […]
December 23, 2019
Twitter recently removed thousands of accounts it attributed to “a significant state-backed information operation on Twitter originating in Saudi Arabia.”
December 20, 2019
Increasing inaction at the national level means that cities are playing larger role in internatioanal affairs than ever before.
December 20, 2019
China’s belief that economics rather than geopolitics is the key to solving disputes has so far allowed it to remain above the breach but has yet to prove its sustainability.
December 19, 2019
Congress has made clear it isn’t moved by recent revelations of dishonesty and waste in our war-making.
December 19, 2019
Rouhani following through on the Japan trip now may indicate that he has the authority from Khamenei to explore avenues for renewed U.S.-Iran diplomacy.
December 19, 2019
Maybe reducing the U.S. commitment in the Middle East isn’t such a bad idea.
December 19, 2019
What does Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have in common with the Rolling Stones?
December 19, 2019
Everything that the officials said privately, and quoted by the Washington Post, has been documented for years in the numerous reports released by SIGAR.
December 18, 2019
Soon after 9/11, a group of former Soviet military brass warned us about what has been documented in the Afghanistan Papers.
December 18, 2019
Research has proven that there are no military solutions in the fight against terrorism.
December 18, 2019
Foreign policy has been largely absent in the Democratic presidential debates . That has to change.
December 17, 2019
Conflicts in Libya, Yemen, and Syria appear to be winding down. It’s time for the United States to take a different approach.
December 17, 2019
DMFI says it seeks to promote progressive values, but its leaders have in the past attacked and worked to suppress progressive values when it comes to the Israel issue.
December 17, 2019
We are at this point primarily because the Trump administration refused to be specific about what it was willing to offer Kim.