A joint military exercise between Israel and the United States called Austere Challenge will be held later this year.
Israel and U.S. Militaries Increasingly Joined at the Hip
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War & Peace
How Does Netanyahu Think He Can Get Away With Bombing Iran?
If George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have yet to be tried for war crimes in Iraq, why should Benjamin Netanyahu worry if he attacks Iran?
“October Surprise” by Israel Could Sink Obama’s Re-election Chances
Zbigniew Brzezinski is concerned that an “October surprise” could prevent the re-election of President Obama.
“Dagan Could Not Have Set Foot in Washington Again”
Historian Mark Perry caused a firestorm with his report that Mossad officers posed as CIA officers to recruit Jundallah operatives for attacks within Iran.
Approaching North Korea in the Kim Jong Un Era
In the movie Memento, the main character suffers from short-term memory loss. He cannot remember anything from day to day, so must write himself notes to explain what happened to him in the recent past. He is desperate to resolve a central mystery in his life. But with his memory a blank, all he can rely on are the cryptic scribbles that he cannot even remember writing.
Strategic Dialogue: Libya after Gaddafi
In this strategic dialogue, Michael Berube and David Gibbs reply to each other’s initial essays on the legacy of the NATO intervention in Libya.
Nigeria’s Perfect Storm
Nigeria is facing a perfect storm of crises including a national strike, widespread protests, and sectarian violence in the north. Although the strikes, attacks, and protests raise the specter of another civil war in Africa’s biggest oil producer, the United States and the international community should avoid aggravating the situation by seeming to encourage a military solution.
Will the Right Listen to Its Go-Slow Guy on Iran?
Which comes first — an Iranian nuclear weapon or the demise of the Islamic Republic?
Syria’s Revolution Will Succeed
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime must step down immediately—without Western military intervention. Certainly, the Syrian people deserve support to protect them from the brutal and barbaric onslaught of the Syrian’s security forces. But such assistance and safe haven should come from Arab countries and Turkey. Help from other Arab or Muslim countries would be less offensive to the Syrian people, would be less likely to entail an occupation force, and would likely be less long-lasting than an intervention by Western countries.
Review: The United States of Fear
Tom Engelhardt’s most recent work, The United Sates of Fear, offers a sobering analysis of U.S. policy in the post 9/11 period, painting a bleak assessment of what he labels an empire in decline. Through his straightforward prose, which avoids the daunting language often found in similar works, Engelhardt mounts a scathing attack on U.S. foreign policy, the military industrial complex, and the Washington politicians who chant the mantra of “national security.”