The only sensible solution to the Syrian crisis is a quantum one in which Bashar al-Assad is simultaneously there and not there.
The Schrodinger Solution for Syria
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War & Peace
Hillary Clinton Hasn’t Learned a Thing from Iraq
The former secretary of state could shatter the glass ceiling for women, but she’d leave the old boys’ military-industrial complex intact.
Turkey’s President Gets His Majority — at a Terrible Price
To reverse his fortune at the polls, Erdogan reignited Turkey’s war with the Kurds, stood silent while mobs attacked his opponents, and unilaterally altered the constitutional role of his office.
In Foreign Policy, Nature May Love a Vacuum
No, it’s not U.S. reluctance to go all in against Syria that has created a vacuum in its foreign policy for Russia to fill.
Korean Americans Are Reclaiming Their History Through Culture
Until recently, Korean Americans were all but written out of the U.S. history of the Korean War. A rising group of artists, oral historians, and community members is writing them back in.
Pakistan Slowly Becoming Less Bellicose
Pakistan is beginning to make concessions on nuclear weapons and redirect some of its national security from India to Islamist militants.
The Odds Are Stacked Against Mahmoud Abbas
Amid rising violence and a dead-end peace process, could the Palestinian leader actually make good on his threat to pull out of the Oslo Accords?
Was Abbottabad the Result of U.S. Intelligence or Wasn’t It?
A New York Times account is sympathetic to Seymour Hersh’s revisionist history about the raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden.
What Comes After Empire?
Let’s say the U.S. actually curbed its military adventurism, reeled in the Pentagon budget, and closed its global network of bases. Then what?
The U.S. Is Still Stonewalling an Independent Review of Why It Bombed a Hospital
Meanwhile, the Obama administration is keeping troops in Afghanistan because there’s “a risk of deterioration.” Oh, the irony.