Tag: Middle East
The world’s most dangerous divide
If nuclear war comes, it will happen because of a calculation or miscalculation by India or Pakistan.
Is a war with Iran on the horizon?
As the Trump administration accelerates its efforts to seek a confrontation, will they find an echo among Iranian hardliners who’d like nothing more than a face-off with the United States?
Following the foreign-policy money trail in Washington
How Middle Eastern powers fund think tanks.
Planet of war
Still trapped in a greater Middle Eastern quagmire, the U.S. military prepares for global combat.
Lack of global leadership spurs instability in the Middle East
President Donald J. Trump has proven to be more partisan than Mr. Obama in his backing of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Israel and his confrontational approach of Iran.
SCOTUS votes in favor of Trump’s ‘Muslim’ travel ban
"I am deeply disappointed that this ruling gives legitimacy to discrimination and Islamophobia."
Too easily forgotten: The tragedy of Yemen
The ugly face of this senseless war, as in most contemporary conflicts involving large aerial campaigns, is often hidden behind closed doors.
Sword of Damocles: Reviewing the 2018 AUMF
This legislation, especially the AUMF of 2002, hasn’t just tarnished the country’s reputation internationally and cost trillions of taxpayer dollars, but has directly caused the deaths of thousands of American soldiers.