The problems and promise of the new Silk Roads
In a time when it seems we are constantly being divided from our common humanity, the symbolism of the new Silk Roads is important in and of itself.
Trump’s Saudi trip should not be to clinch arms deal but to end Yemen...
Trump should use his trip to put a halt to weapons sales and press the Saudis to sit with neighboring countries to find new political solutions.
The tragedy of forced displacement
The solutions to this major crisis, and indeed many of our problems, would naturally flow from the recognition of the fact that we are brothers and sisters of one humanity.
Whistleblowers, moral injury, and endless war
Was Chelsea Manning motivated by moral injury?
The U.S. and Turkey are deeply divided over Syria policy
Can Trump get his magpie mind around the complexities of Syria?
Donald Trump’s high crimes and misdemeanors
But what if Donald Trump were actually held responsible for real crimes?
10 reasons Trump should not strengthen U.S.-Saudi ties
If the Trump administration truly wants to find a way out of the wars in the Middle East and make the United States safer from terrorists, it would do well to stop arming, aiding and abetting the ruthless Saudi regime.
Mosul on my mind
What it really means to be on a “flattening” planet.
North Korea launches missile
Kim Jong-un has said his country has reached a “final stage” in preparing to conduct its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
The myth of “moderate rebels” in Syria
They aren't moderate, they aren't Syrian, and they aren't rebels.