The European Version of Realism and Restraint
President Donald Trump often gets credit for unwittingly pushing the Europeans to re-think their security and place in the world. […]
President Donald Trump often gets credit for unwittingly pushing the Europeans to re-think their security and place in the world. […]
In the spring of 2014, we realized we at Win Without War had a problem. On one hand, we knew […]
Sweden’s detention of an Iranian allegedly involved in the 1988 prison massacres is both the latest attempt at universal jurisdiction […]
Nearly two decades after al-Qaida attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, the national security establishment is ready to […]
In the past half century during which I have reported on Middle Eastern politics, society, and development — now de-development […]
American diplomacy currently finds itself in a precarious position. It has had difficult moments throughout history, but diplomats’ congressional testimonies […]
Recently, the Internet was set aflame over “OK boomer,” a two-word retort Millennials and Generation Z are using to encapsulate […]
The dramatic changes in the international system over the past two decades—a major rebalancing of world power and increasingly pressing […]
Suddenly, in recent weeks, the Islamic regime in Iran has woken up in a new and uncertain environment. Long gone […]
It’s a headline that should, by all appearances, be considered “good news.” But somehow the November 18 declaration, “VA announces […]
Remember the Patriot Act? It still exists, and law enforcement is still widely abusing it. A key part of this […]
After 25 years of repeated failures, Americans want a foreign policy that preserves the security of the United States, enhances […]
French President Emanuel Macron has said, “What we are currently experiencing is the brain death of NATO.” He attributes much […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under indictment for corruption, has been launching vociferous counterattacks that sound quite familiar to anyone […]
Popular protests in Iran came at a particularly delicate time for the nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers, […]
With protests flaring up around the country over a hike in fuel prices, the atmosphere in Iran is febrile. At […]
In recent years there has been remarkable upheaval between Persian Gulf countries. Iran and Qatar have been on mostly extremely […]
In the latest reversal of long-standing United States policy in the Middle East, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared this […]
More than a month after protestors first took to the streets across Iraq, Adil Abdul Mahdi surprisingly remains the country’s […]
The unrivaled and unchallenged exertion of American military power around the world, or what’s known as “primacy,” has been the […]
Ahmadinejad’s aggressive foreign policy and divisive rhetoric fueled Iran’s international pariah status.