There’s No Such Thing as the ‘Arab Street’
Washington has stopped trying to figure out the “Arab Street.” From what I can tell it happened somewhere around Nov. 9, 2016. America is probably better off for it. I’...
November
Divisions within Turkey’s Opposition Extend Erdoğan’s Rule
The Republican People’s Party (CHP), Turkey’s main secular opposition against the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP), held its party congress last month, where it...
Policy Briefs
Can the Pentagon Still Save the U.S. from Obama’s ISIS Failure?
It's about time. More than three weeks after the massacres in Paris, four days after the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11, and only after he’d completed a foreign jau...
Op-eds
Qatar Lite: The Mideast Maverick May Be Retreating
The Middle East’s most provocative, profligate microstate seems to be entering a more subdued stage. In a development Qatar’s neighbors should try to expand, the country’s new e...
Op-eds
US, UN Add Ansar Dine to List of Terror Groups
The US State Department and the United Nations added Ansar Dine, a Mali terrorist group with close ties to al Qaeda, to their lists of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Today's designations f...
Op-eds
Winners And Losers
A ceasefire was announced between Isra...
Op-eds
Missile Defense Is For Wimps
When it comes to national security, there’s no time like mañana.
Op-eds
The Shape of the War to Come–The View from Beyond
“It’s rather like getting a death threat on the telephone, you know. The nutjob that makes the call isn’t going to do anything, because if he were, he wouldn’t have told y...
Op-eds
We’ve Been Talking to Iran for 30 Years
The Obama administration's talks with Iran-set to take place tomorrow in Geneva-are accompanied by an almost universally accepted misconception: that previous American administrations refused to ne...
Op-eds
We’ve Been Talking to Iran for 30 Years
The Obama administration's talks with Iran-set to take place tomorrow in Geneva-are accompanied by an alm...
Op-eds
The Probable Cause of the NSA Controversy
A war is not a criminal investigation.