Impossible to ignore the grave implications of this event – a Russian jet shot down by the Turks around the Syrian-Turkish border. Stern…
Congressman Michael McCaul of Texas sponsored a bill (HR4038) to block Iraqi and Syrian refugees from entering into the United States. The…
After Paris, macho language about “pitiless war” defines the contours of leadership. Little else is on offer. It is red meat to our emotions
Bridges need to be built. The West is not capable of this, neither are the Russians
“We Shouldn’t Play into the Hands of ISIS”
The Russian intervention has succeeded in clarifying the impossibility of regime change and the importance of a political dialogue
No Syrian voices were represented at the Vienna peace talks, but geopolitical interests were front and center
Everyone has been defeated in Syria
Four years ago, as NATO prepared to bomb Libya, I asked a senior Western diplomat if he thought the experience of Iraq…
On October 15, United States President Barack Obama stepped away from his campaign pledge to remove all U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan.…
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