Iraq War

July 28, 2014 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

1979 Revisited: Judging the Iranian Revolution

Everyone has his or her own judgment as to what is the enduring lesson of the Iranian Revolution. Some are rooted in economic determinism, while others may find strength among social theories. To...

May 5, 2014 | Jonathan Kay |

The Troubling Rise of American ‘Withdrawalism’

Eastern Ukraine is falling to pieces. Suicide bombings remain epidemic in Iraq. Much of eastern Syria now is controlled by an al-Qaeda spin-off group that calls itself “Islamic State of Ira...

November 21, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Political, Economic, and Security Situation in Africa

Watch the hearing here. Chairman Kaine, Ranking Member Risch...

September 13, 2013 | Claudia Rosett |

Syria’s Pals at the Chemical Weapons Convention

With Russia on his side, Syria’s President Bashar Assad has now agreed to sign on to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which is meant to eliminate chemical weapons from the world once...

July 14, 2013 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

In Egypt, the Popularity of Islamism Shall Endure

How will the Egyptian army&rsqu...

June 19, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal

Is Obama a Berliner?

BERLIN — Obama: Ist er ein Berliner? The German weekly Die Zeit posed this question...

April 2, 2013 | James Kirchick New York Daily News |

Neglecting the Costs of Inaction

We were right to fight in Iraq; we are wrong to stand by in Syria

March 18, 2013 | Robert Barnidge The Hindu |

Not So Strictly Legal

International lawyers must introspect about how their partisan allegiance clouded their determination of the lawfulness of the 2003 Iraq war. As some celebrate and others decry...

February 27, 2013 |

A Nasty Piece of Work

A tawdry new book accuses the late Christopher Hitchens of plagiarism—and worse.

February 21, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Reportedly Killed in Syria

A former Guantanamo detainee named Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane has reportedly been killed while fighting in Syria. T...

January 23, 2013 |

The Last Liberal: The Legacy of Joe Lieberman

In January 2004, the New Republic endorsed Joe Lieberman for president. By this time, recriminations against Democrats who had supported the Iraq War (or, in the parlance of the American...

December 4, 2012 | |

Yes, Hamas and Iran are Still the Best of Friends

Ignoring their collusion is dangerous

July 26, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Missed Clues Before Fort Hood Shootings

In the wake of the November 5, 2009 Fort Hood shootings, Steve Hayes and I wrote about the FBI’s and Defense Department’s...

July 24, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn |

A ‘Responsible’ End to the Iraq War?

In a web video released Monday, the Obama campaign celebrated the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq. “As your commander in chief, and on behalf of a grateful nation, I&...

June 28, 2012 | Emanuele Ottolenghi Standpoint |

Yes We Still Can

In 1999, as America prepared to enter the new century, French leaders decried its rising status as a "hyperpower". A hyperpower, explained then French foreign minister Hubert V&ea...

May 3, 2012 | James Kirchick Tablet

London Jews’ Labour Problem

London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone—whose political future will be determined in today’s election against Conservative incumbent Boris Johnson—has a Jewish problem. He&rsqu...

April 3, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Ambassador Crocker Objects to Strategic Retreat

Ambassador Ryan Crocker, the State Department’s man in Kabul, is clearly concerned about a premature drawdown of American and Western forces from Afghanistan. “If we decide w...

March 5, 2012 | James Kirchick Commentary |

The Deceits of Seymour Hersh

Last June, the distinguished American journalist Seymour Hersh published an article in the New Yorker entitled “Iran and the Bomb: How Real Is the Nuclear Threat?” His answer...

February 15, 2012 | Lee Smith Tablet |

Interference

Should the United States act to protect Syrian civilians from their murderous regime? Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...

January 27, 2012 | Lee Smith Tablet

The Hitler Test

Why is it that no one bats an eyelash when a former United States national security adviser says...