The Race for the Ruins

Jonathan_Spyer

Events taking place in a remote stretch of south east Syrian desert in recent days reveal the current direction of US Middle East strategy.

Approaching Memorial Day

Jonathan Feldstein

As we approach Memorial Day in the US, it’s appropriate to think for a minute about what that really means.

Terrorism Persists Because it Works

Alan Dershowitz

But no matter how terrorism works, the reality that it does will make it difficult if not impossible to stem its malignant spread around the world.

Languages of Politics

Ira Sharkansky

Smoke and mirrors; now you see it, now you don’t; the power of symbols; sound and fury signifying nothing.