More Lucky than Brilliant
Moscow and Washington almost blew up the world during the Cuban Missile Crisis over a misunderstanding.
Anti-Proliferation Brigade
Can’t you see we’re busy?
Six Global Issues The Foreign Policy Debates Won’t Touch
In the foreign policy debates between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, expect these issues to get short thrift.
Romney on the Middle East: Obama, but Worse
Beneath the bluster, Romney’s foreign policy isn’t so different from Obama’s. It’s just worse.
Iran in the Campaign’s Crosshairs
Mitt Romney is playing the same cynical game as Benjamin Netanyahu.
Romney and Ryan: Stabbing at Shadows
There are plenty of legitimate criticisms of the Obama record on foreign policy. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have made none of them.
Syria and the Dogs of War
Once loosed, the dogs of war range where they will.
P5+1 Stacks the Deck Against Iran
Iran’s nuclear concessions roll off the P5+1 like water from a duck’s back.
Staunching Syria’s Wounds
As Syrian society slowly disintegrates, non-aligned states from the developing world may show the way forward to a diplomatic resolution.
U.S. on a Pedestal of Nuclear Immorality
What did Iran do to us to merit heavy U.S. sanctions? The media doesn’t ask this question.
Liberal Hawk Poised to Swoop Down on Iran
A prominent disarmament and nonproliferation advocate gives his surprise endorsement to an attack on Iran.
No to War with Iran
War with Iran could spark a regional conflagration that would cause untold suffering across the Muslim world and spark deadly blowback for decades to come.
Can Egypt Chart Its Own Course?
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has proved willing to act independently of Washington, but he’s not about to leave the fold.
Sectarian Jihad in Syria: Made in the USA?
What has been largely been reported as a civil war in Syria is, in fact, no such thing.
Bleeding Syria
There is little to no discussion about the role U.S. allies have played in fueling a sectarian war in the Middle East.