The End of the Democratic Dream
An Arab online newspaper asked its readers: “Do you believe equitable democracy can exist in Arab states?” An overwhelming said no.
U.S. Needs to Draw a Line in the Sand with Iran Over Yemen
No need to repeat mistakes of Afghanistan, but Washington must make it clear to Tehran that it will block bases and weapons in Yemen with airstrikes.
Stay Out of Yemen
The United States is already militarily involved in Yemen, with special forces targeting al-Qaeda and Islamic State operatives who are then attacked by American drones.
Game on: The New Strategy of the US and its Allies in the Middle East
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s outlining of 12 conditions that Iran would need to meet in order to make possible a new nuclear deal amounts to a call for the wholesale reversal of Iranian regional strategy. The conditions stated are not only, or primarily, concerned with the nuclear program.
Erdogan’s Shadow Army
In the collapsed and fragmented space that comprises much of today’s Middle East, the key to success increasingly lies in the ability to combine political strategy with military muscle, under a single banner, and in a single structure.   Examples abound.
Why Palestinians Need an Israel Victory
The moment is right for fresh thinking in order to dispatch the old and stale Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Saudi Crown Prince Vows To Acquire Nuclear Weapons If Iran Does
‘Without a doubt if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible,’ Saudi Arabian Prince Salman told CBS in an interview.
The Solution to the Iranian Problem Lies in Setting a Brush Fire
The drone over Israel was the harbinger of more to come and there is only one way out of it.
Germany: Merkel Pays High Price for Fourth Term – “This will not be long.”
Negotiators from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), their Bavarian partners, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) have agreed in principle on a deal for a new “grand coalition” government—one that, in fact, is the same as the one that governed prior to the last election in September 2017.
Nikki Haley Displays Hardware Proving Iranian Violations
At a military base in Washington, Nikki Haley, the American ambassador to the United Nations, presented pieces of weapons as proof that Iran is providing the Houthi rebels in Yemen in direct violation of international agreements limiting it arm deals.
