Ford Confirmation: Too Little, Too Late
Washington’s poor response to the Arab Spring has severely damaged its ability to mediate the situation in Syria.
Washington’s poor response to the Arab Spring has severely damaged its ability to mediate the situation in Syria.
The assumption of power by Syrian President Assad’s father, Hafez, came at ironic cost to his own people, the Alawites.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman has reportedly become the first U.S. senator to call publicly for military intervention in Syria.
As the greatest beneficiary of the Arab Spring, Turkey is going head to head with both Syria and Israel.
If it’s information about a nuclear program you want, blowing it to smithereens first is, uh, ill advised.
Iran may catch a break as the United States weighs invasions of both Libya and Syria instead.
Because of decades of isolating Syria, the United States can now only watch the events unfold without having any influence on the ground.
The Arab Spring is the most profound foreign policy challenge facing the United States, and Washington’s response could help shape the course of the Middle East for decades.
Barack Obama’s Mideast speech shows that the United States has not yet adapted to the regional realities brought about by the Arab Spring.
The protests in Syria are encouraging, but Bashar al-Assad will pull out all the stops before he leaves voluntarily.
It’s raining bullets in Libya, with cold hearts prevailing in Oman.
As anti-government protests in Syria showed no sign of abating, the U.S. State Department Monday denied that it was seeking the regime’s ouster.
Regime change in Syria could open the door to Islamist rule.
Though not as iron-fisted as his father, Syrian President Assad is still lethal.
Syria continues to sit at the crossroads of a number of U.S. interests.