Both Iran and the United States are signaling escalation in the wake of the assassination of Quds force commander Qasem…
Dimitri Trenin has it partly right in a tweet this morning: If Iran retaliates against #SoleimaniKilled strategically, rather than emotionally,…
Columbia Journalism Review has a good collection of commentary on the US assassination of General Suleimani,which I'll paste below.Two other…
No American should mourn Qassem Suleimani, but his death at the hands of the US requires careful consideration of the…
- US sending nearly 5K more troops to Middle East.- David Sanger assesses Trump's problems with Iran and North Korea.-Kim…
President Trump was at pains yesterday to say that what is happening at the embassy in Baghdad is "no Benghazi."…
Except for my 401k, the teens have not been a great decade. We've watched the Arab spring turn into the…
I was traveling over the weekend, so managed to miss some first-rate recommendations by Charlie Stevenson: December 31 Forward: Protesters…
- NYT has transcripts and videos of SEAL testimony about Chief Gallafgher's war crimes.- FP lists several largely overlooked news…
- NYT says US plans major drawdown from west Africa.- Pro-foreign aid group lists details of budget agreement on function…