Biden and global Islamophobia
The Biden campaign’s recent criticism of a progressive Palestinian-American activist doesn’t inspire confidence that he and his team know what it takes to confront a mounting global crisis of anti-Muslim hatred.
The Biden campaign’s recent criticism of a progressive Palestinian-American activist doesn’t inspire confidence that he and his team know what it takes to confront a mounting global crisis of anti-Muslim hatred.
The UN Security Council worked just as intended when it categorically denied Mike Pompeo’s seemingly endless efforts to bring the US closer to war with Iran.
The Trump administration is working hard to dismantle decades of interconnectedness between the US and China to put America on a path to confrontation. Will it work?
The US is often quick to make accusations about other countries’ violations of international law but refuses to hold itself to the same standards.
Those who have experienced the effects of war on their communities have useful insights for how to move toward more humane policies and embrace the role that diplomacy can play.
Our current level of military spending wastes resources on senseless instruments of destruction, while failing to address the security threats that people in the country actually face.
The 19th Amendment was ratified 100 years ago today, a milestone that reminds us that women and women of color should have more of a voice is US foreign policy making.
At least for the time being, the Saudi authorities calculate that the possible benefits from normalized relations with Israel vis-à-vis Washington would not outweigh the possible domestic and regional costs.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureishi has stirred a regional hornet’s nest by challenging Saudi leadership of the Muslim world.
References to “Cold War mentality” seem to be used primarily to criticize threatening and zero-sum behavior by the U.S. and its allies.
Real and lasting normalization of relations between Arab states and Israel won’t happen unless the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved.
Attitudes across the Arab World have undergone a dramatic change in the past few years and this new political reality must be understood.
Europe held serve at the UN Security Council this week, but if Trump wins re-election, it will be time for the EU to chart its own course.
Despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s denials, sale of the F-35 to the UAE appears to have been at least tangentially part of the recent Israel-UAE deal on normalizing relations.
If nothing else highlights the absurdity of the U.S. effort to “snapback” sanctions on Iran at the UN, it’s a quote from Mike Pompeo himself back in 2018.
It appears that the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative has been scrapped and tensions with Iran will increase.
The Center for Civilians in Conflict’s U.S. Director responds to a recent issue brief from the Quincy Institute arguing that advocates of more humane war have failed and may have even enabled America’s post-9/11 wars to continue indefinitely.
For Trump, inflicting pain on others is the policy aim, probably because it makes him, and maybe even his supporters, feel better about their own lot.
While the snapback push at the U.N. Security Council will provide Iran hawks with the opportunity to act out a fantasy of killing the Iran nuclear deal, this time for good, the real world appears poised to move on.
Hawkish pro-Israel groups spent big trying to unseat Democratic candidates whom they viewed aren’t sufficiently supportive of Israel, and they lost big — perhaps marking a seismic shift in the domestic politics of U.S. Middle East policy.
House Democrats have introduced a bill that, if widely supported, has the potential to recalibrate regional policies that align more toward American interests.