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Biden’s Mission to Realign the Middle East
President Biden has been eager to rejoin the deal that President Obama concluded with Iran’s rulers in 2015 and from which President Trump withdrew t…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Middle East Muddle
Here’s a riddle for you: Name something Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden have in common? Here's one answer: None has appeared to understand the the…
5 years, 3 months ago
Palestinians Head for the Polls – or Not
In the West Bank and Gaza, elections are not frequent occurrences. The last one was in 2006. Hamas, a terrorist organization opposed to a two-state s…
5 years, 3 months ago
Beijing, the WHO, and the Pandemic
In January, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the World Health Organization to fully investigate the possibility that the COVID-19 virus …
5 years, 3 months ago
Putin vs. the Press
In the Soviet Union, all media were controlled by the state, and foreign correspondents were severely restricted. Those who hoped — and perhaps belie…
5 years, 4 months ago
The Thin Red Line: Joby Warrick on the U.S. Response to this Century’s Worst War Crimes
Joby Warrick is a distinguished journalist, a longtime Washington Post national security reporter, and a Pulitzer Prize-winner. His latest book is: “…
5 years, 4 months ago
The UN and the Illiberal International Order
With the defeat of the Axis Powers in 1945, the United States emerged as the strongest nation on earth. But rather than emulate hegemons of the past,…
5 years, 5 months ago
Iran’s Road from Monarchy to Islamist Theocracy and Empire
February 11, 2021 is the forty-second anniversary of the revolution that transformed Iran from a Western-aligned monarchy to an anti-Western Islamist…
5 years, 6 months ago
Thinking Bigly at Foggy Bottom
Starting in 2019, and until the recent change of administration, Peter Berkowitz served as director of Policy Planning at the State Department. That’…
5 years, 6 months ago
Arms Control and the Man
Marshall Billingslea has worked on a range of significant and difficult national security issues.
He served as Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Fina…
5 years, 7 months ago