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History Moves, but Not Always Ahead
Jul 2, 2014 The weekend past saw the centenary of the assassination of the Archduke Franz-Ferdinand, with as consequence the First World War.
It’s Too Late, Mr. Kerry
Jun 25, 2014 Secretary of State John Kerry thinks Iraq can be saved with a new prime minister to take the place of Nouri al-Maliki.
Keeping America’s Baghdad Swimming Pools Safe From Fanatics
Jun 18, 2014 The Marines -- 250 of them, together with carrier air support and Marine Corps Osprey support craft -- have been dispatched to save the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the "biggest in the world," "the size of the Vatican City," with its swimming pools and skating rinks, from the menace of the offensive directed at Baghdad by the forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Robert Kagan and the Ruin of Ideas
Jun 11, 2014 Neoconservative commentator Robert Kagan, co-founder in 1997 of the Project for a New American Century, and after that institution crashed amid the ruins of Iraq, founder of its 2009 successor, the Foreign Policy Initiative, is continuing his crusade for a new Reaganism -- which he construes as American world domination.
Obama Could Spare Israel Terrible Outcome
Jun 4, 2014 As long as Benjamin Netanyahu is prime minister and the character of the Israeli government remains unchanged, the Jewish state is locked into self-destruction.
Hype and Hysteria Drown Out Europe’s Real Concerns
May 28, 2014 The outcome of the recently concluded European Parliament elections is described in press and political circles in Europe and North America as a shock or crisis, which is sheer nonsense.
The Election of a New European Parliament
May 23, 2014 Elections like those taking place this weekend are traditionally unsatisfactory, but this year they may provide an unprecedented shock.
What Ukraine Really Needs
May 14, 2014 The United States has a recent history of going to war for dubious reasons promoted by interested groups, for which afterward Americans are sorry.
A Real Risk of War
May 7, 2014 Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea and threat to Ukraine are causing damage he perhaps did not anticipate: disorientation of the United States and profound division in Europe, especially in Germany, and in NATO. A real risk of war.
A Third Obama Disappointment Seems Imminent
Apr 30, 2014 The record of the president's first four years proved decidedly mixed, and the second Obama turn has been one of disappointments, danger and amateurism.