Your Tax Dollars Are Enabling Police Brutality in Egypt
March 9, 2016 | Washington wants to loosen its human rights aid restrictions even as Egyptian security forces killed 500 people in their custody last year.
Articles by Chris Toensing
Yemen Is Starving, and We’re Partly to Blame
July 2, 2015 | 80 percent of people in the Arab world's poorest country are in danger of starving to death under a U.S.-backed blockade and bombing campaign.
Footing the Bill While Israel Thumbs Its Nose
April 14, 2015 | Israel won't change its ways until Washington puts military aid on the chopping block.
Some Good News from the Middle East
March 3, 2015 | Obama has the best opportunity in decades to end the U.S.-Iran standoff.
The Diplomatic Dance with Iran
April 4, 2014 | So far, the United States has given Iran the space it needs to reach a nuclear agreement with the international community. But hardliners on both sides are waiting in the wings.
How Much of Romney’s Bellicosity Toward Iran Is Just Campaign Theatrics?
October 12, 2012 | Mitt Romney is playing the same cynical game as Benjamin Netanyahu.
Lip Service Is All the Bahraini Opposition Will Ever Get From Washington*
May 16, 2012 | President Obama promised that he'd stop buttressing autocratic regimes, but Bahrain's popular revolt is still being crushed.
Body Counts in Libya Could Prove Embarrassing
March 8, 2012 | Conventional wisdom holds that NATO bombing saved countless lives.
A Year after Tahrir
January 30, 2012 | The Arab revolts disrupted a dispiriting pattern in the Arab world, and these political and intellectual challenges continue to resonate.
Ratcheting up the Rhetoric on Iran
December 12, 2011 | The Democratic Party has tried to out-hawk Republicans since the early days of the Cold War.