Benjamin Netanyahu: the Israeli Prime Minister who made it okay for the United States to defy Israel’s wishes.
It’s Official: Netanyahu Has Given up on Obama and the Democrats
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War & Peace
Gunman As Hero, Children As Targets, Iraq As Backdrop: A Review of ‘American Sniper’
“American Sniper” is well acted, slickly produced, and occasionally gripping. It’s also war propaganda.
Special Guest Star: Bibi!
Congressional hawks are putting on a show in Washington, and they’ve invited the Israeli prime minister to guest star. Who else might fit the bill?
Like Al Qaeda, Islamic State a Threat to Saudi Arabia Despite Similar Worldview
Ideological affinity makes it difficult for Saudi Arabia to distance itself from the Islamic State.
In South Korea, Preaching Peace Is Now a Deportable Offense
How one Korean-American woman got tangled up with the South Korean security state after a life-changing visit to the North.
Between Nuke Talks and Opposition to Islamic State, U.S. and Iran Becoming Not-so-Strange Bedfellows
Just how involved is Iran in the fight against the Islamic State?
State of the Empire in 2015
Before Obama’s State of the Union address falls out of the news cycle, here are the foreign policy tidbits you need to remember.
Easy Targets: U.S.-Palestinian Charitable Organizations Charged With Terrorist Acts
The U.S. government couldn’t resist the temptation to conflate U.S.-Palestinian charities with terrorist organizations.
A Neanderthal Foreign Policy
What the humble Neanderthal can teach us about war, peace, climate, and getting along.
PBS-TV’s Frontline Misrepresents Vladimir Putin
Frontline ignores the role that the Harvard Economics Department played in post-Soviet privatization and the ensuing corruption.