A collection of 10 posts
Israel and the United States have already done much to dismantle the Axis of Resistance, but the broader network supported by Iran remains most active in Western Europe.
Shadi Hamid has an uneasy conscience, and he doesn’t yet know what to do with it.
Israelis repeatedly warned the Bush administration that invading Iraq would be a disaster.
What the Hughes/Smith debate tells us about the podcast era.
If the stewards of American power wish to act effectively and preserve the liberal order in this dangerous new era, they will have to act with the self-confidence of the just man armed.
The post-Cold War democratic wave has receded and the free world now appears to be learning from authoritarian regimes instead of the other way around.
The conditions that first produced ISIS have been left to fester as part of a wider malign neglect toward the Muslim Middle East in the aftermath of the Iraq war.
A conversation about Iran, Israel, and Islamic terrorism with Iraqi researcher Suha Hassen.
Democratic transformation generally comes from the ground up, not from foreigners bearing guns and gifts.
American oil companies didn’t want to topple Saddam Hussein; they wanted to trade with him.