The DNC Email Leaks: The Gift That Keeps On Feeding Distrust
Jul 28, 2016 The worst of the many offenses revealed in the latest WikiLeaks case is that Bernie Sanders was undemocratically deprived of fair play in the Democratic primary.
5 Questions That Are Unlikely to Be Asked During the 2016 Presidential Election
Mar 18, 2016 In October 2012, I considered five critical foreign policy questions that were not being discussed by then-candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. Sadly, those questions remain as pertinent and unraised today as they were four years ago. Unlike then, however, answers may be at hand, and believe me, that's not good news.
Minimum Wage, Minimum Chance: On Being Nickel-and-Dimed in 2016
Feb 16, 2016 When presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality, and when other candidates speak about the minimum wage and food stamps, what are they really talking about?
You Won’t Like It, but Here’s the Answer on Islamic State
Jan 20, 2016 Some advice for your presidential candidate of choice -- whoever he or she might be. Just don't expect it to necessarily be an easy sell to all Americans.
Washington to Whomever: Please Fight Islamic State for Us
Dec 10, 2015 The United States will send in planes, advisers and special-ops guys if the Arabs, Kurds, Turks, Sunnis and/or Shiites will please step in soon and get America off the hook.
What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came?
Oct 24, 2015 What if the U.S. had not invaded Iraq in 2003? How would things be different in the Middle East today? Let's take a big-picture tour of the Middle East and try to answer those questions.
U.S.-Iranian Relations Emerge From a 30-Year Cold War
Jul 29, 2015 Don't sweat the details of the July nuclear accord between the United States and Iran. What matters is that the calculus of power in the Middle East just changed in significant ways.
Five Things That Won’t Work in Iraq
Jun 25, 2015 It’s the American Way to believe with all our hearts that every problem is ours to solve and every problem must have a solution, which simply must be found. As a result, the indispensable nation faces a new round of calls for ideas on what “we” should do next in Iraq.
The Iranian Ascendancy
Apr 13, 2015 In a classic tale of unintended consequences, just about every time Washington has committed another blunder in the Middle East, Iran has stepped in to take advantage.
Four Months Into Iraq War 3.0, the Cracks Are Showing
Nov 10, 2014 What happens to a war in the absence of coherent state policy? Washington’s Iraq War 3.0, Operation Inherent Resolve, is what happens. As the mission enters its fourth month it may be time to ask, in all seriousness: What could possibly go right?
