Is a Winning Solution in Sight in Haiti?
January 24, 2023 | Military intervention is not what Haiti needs. But other countries can help Haitians help themselves.
Articles by Adam Cohen
Seeking Justice for Syrians
January 19, 2022 | Inside a chance prosecution in Germany that could be a first step toward justice after the country’s devastating civil war.
Genesis: Harry Truman and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
June 13, 2014 | A look at how the fall of the British empire and the rise of the U.S. Israel lobby sowed the seeds of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Introspective in Israel: On Zionism’s Legacy and Its Future
March 31, 2014 | New books by Ari Shavit and Ilan Pappe offer competing but valuable reexaminations of Israel's history and the future of peace in the Middle East.
Dealing with the Haqqanis
October 19, 2011 | The current U.S. strategy to confront its antagonists reflects a decade of missteps and misunderstandings.
Doha Peace Agreement: Khartoum and the Rebel Groups’ Moment of Truth
August 4, 2011 | If the Bashir administration allows the Doha agreement to become a meaningless piece of paper, all semblance of regional trust could be destroyed.
The Dual Failure of Night Raids and Drones
July 27, 2011 | The military thinks it has a winning combination, but night raids and drones are actually helping to lose the war in Afghanistan.
Review: The Wars of Afghanistan
July 21, 2011 | The Obama administration can still learn from the errors of its predecessors in Afghanistan.
Reduce Corruption, Defeat the Taliban
July 14, 2011 | The United States wants to negotiate with the Taliban from a position of strength. But reining in Afghan government corruption, not applying ever more military pressure, is the key to gaining a strong hand.
Cutting Aid to Pakistan More Than Justified
July 13, 2011 | You think the 1985 Pressler amendment -- which banned most U.S. aid to Pakistan unless U.S. certified it had no nuclear weapons -- made Pakistan mad?