Marching towards different wars

5 years ago

Both Iran and the United States are signaling escalation in the wake of the assassination of Quds force commander Qasem…

Strategic nonsense

5 years ago

Dimitri Trenin has it partly right in a tweet this morning: If Iran retaliates against #SoleimaniKilled strategically, rather than emotionally,…

Stevenson’s army, January 3

5 years ago

Columbia Journalism Review has a good collection of commentary on the US assassination of General Suleimani,which I'll paste below.Two other…

Escalation dominance

5 years ago

No American should mourn Qassem Suleimani, but his death at the hands of the US requires careful consideration of the…

New year, old problems

5 years ago

- US sending nearly 5K more troops to Middle East.- David Sanger assesses Trump's problems with Iran and North Korea.-Kim…

Worse than Benghazi

5 years ago

President Trump was at pains yesterday to say that what is happening at the embassy in Baghdad is "no Benghazi."…

The end is nigh 2019

5 years ago

Except for my 401k, the teens have not been a great decade. We've watched the Arab spring turn into the…

Stevenson’s army, December 28-31

5 years ago

I was traveling over the weekend, so managed to miss some first-rate recommendations by Charlie Stevenson: December 31 Forward: Protesters…

Stevenson’s army, December 27

5 years ago

- NYT has transcripts and videos of SEAL testimony about Chief Gallafgher's war crimes.- FP lists several largely overlooked news…

Stevenson’s army, December 24

5 years ago

- NYT says US plans major drawdown from west Africa.- Pro-foreign aid group lists details of budget agreement on function…