Syria Gets Us Farther from a Post-War Epoch
This came within a week of President Trump’s pronouncement that “we’re knocking the hell out of ISIS. We’ll be coming out of Syria, like very soon. Let the other people take care of it now.”
NATO’s Turkey Challenge
In an inarticulate but important statement, then-National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said in a December 2017 closed-door session that the Islamist threat has been “myopically” treated in the past: “We didn’t pay enough attention how [Islamist ideology] is being advanced through charities, madrassas and other social organizations.”
‘Tales From the Middle East Quagmire’
In the summer of 2012, British-Israeli journalist Jonathan Spyer found himself in the basement of a hospital along with other Syrian civilians in bombed-out Aleppo City.
Hell on Earth
How does one explain Muslim apathy evinced towards mass murder in the Middle East, whether it is perpetrated by the followers of Islam or by world powers?
Who is Finding Their Way Into American Students’ Minds?
Congress will soon re-authorize Title VI of the Higher Educational Opportunities Act, a bill that was first introduced as the National Defense Education Act of 1958.
Why Are We in Niger?
It is incumbent on the rest of us — including journalists — to understand where our troops serve and sacrifice, including why Niger.
The Opportunities and Risks of Trump’s Iran Initiative
By placing the nuclear deal in the context of Iran’s hostility and aggression, Trump made it self-evident that no US interest is served in continuing to give Iran a free pass.
Turkey Plans Move to Box in Kurds in Northern Syria
The Turkish military this week scouted Syria’s Idlib province, in the north-west of the country, in preparation for a military operation in the province.
Egypt, America’s Ally in the Larger War
Egypt’s President al-Sisi is willing to do what President Trump is willing to do – put its military where its strategic interests are.
Who’s Up and Who’s Down in the Middle East
Adopting such a perspective on outsiders, and in view of the deep crisis in the Arab world, it stands to reason that the relations between Iran and Turkey will be a key factor in designing the future trends in the region.
