Can the GOP Live Down Donald Trump’s Middle East ‘Policy’?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 17, 2015 Comedians, bloggers, and pundits are ecstatic about The Donald throwing his toupee in the ring for the Republican nomination. The stories write themselves. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Middle East Policy of President John Ellis ‘Jeb’ Bush: Iraq, Iran Wars?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 16, 2015 It is hard to know what Jeb Bush's Middle East policy would be from his wibbly-wobbly pronouncements, but that it would be imperial and aggressive can be deduced from his foreign policy advisory team. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

What Would Orange Telecom’s Departure From Israel Really Mean for the BDS Boycott Movement?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 6, 2015 Stephane Richard, CEO of the French telecommunications company Orange, embroiled himself in an international incident Wednesday during a visit to Cairo, when he said his company would withdraw its logo from the Israeli market “tomorrow” if he could. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama: There Will Be No Mideast NATO, but the U.S. Is Committed to the Security of Arab Gulf States

Juan Cole / Truthdig May 16, 2015 The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council came to President Barack Obama in search of a renewed, formalized U.S. commitment to their security. They came away disappointed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Did Jeb Bush Just Commit a War Crime in Justifying the Iraq War?

Juan Cole / Truthdig May 13, 2015 The presidential candidate’s people are trying to walk back his disastrous interview with Megyn Kelly, in which he said that even if he knew then what we all know now, he would have launched the war on Iraq in 2003. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

VIDEO: The Middle East Policy of President Bernie Sanders

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 30, 2015 When it comes to the Middle East, what could we expect during a Bernie Sanders presidency? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

President Hillary Clinton’s Middle East Policy: Interventions, Wars, More of Same

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 13, 2015 Hillary Clinton brings substantial foreign policy expertise to thorny issues. But she is more hawkish than President Obama and seems likely to get the U.S. heavily involved in the region again. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

President Obama’s Biggest Mideast Policy Challenges in 2015

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 3, 2015 Barack Obama wanted to be the president who got the U.S. out of Afghanistan and Iraq, and turned America’s diplomatic energies to the more promising Pacific Rim. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )