Middle East
What if Israel didn't set out to 'destroy Hamas'?
The case for a limited response after the October 7 attacks.
November 21, 2023
John Mueller
Global Crises
How a cottage terrorism industry made a lion out of an al-Qaeda mouse
A new book puts together documents uncovered at Osama bin Laden's hideout and finds the roots of a 20-year threat inflation.
May 12, 2022
Asia-Pacific
China has been a failure at hegemony, so let's just chill
From the foundering Belt & Road Initiative to its so-called 'wolf warrior' strategy, Beijing is just not the threat we make it out to be.
January 11, 2022
Asia-Pacific
What if the US didn’t go to war in Afghanistan after 9/11?
For President Bush, the only option was revenge, but an alternative path was available.
September 03, 2021
Global Crises
The Taliban agreement isn’t ideal, but the U.S. military has to get out of Afghanistan
Many have compared the U.S.-Taliban agreement to Vietnam but Afghanistan doesn't fit neatly into a North-South divide.
March 18, 2020
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