A new documentary offers a James Bond-like look at the trials and tribulations of globetrotting human rights investigators.
A Future Ebola Outbreak in the Islamic State Should Not Be Cause for Western Gloating
While reports of Ebola in the Islamic State have yet to be confirmed, an outbreak would not only present a crisis but opportunities for both it and the West.
Sounding the Alarm About the Islamic State Does Not Have to Be a Call to Arms
Glossing over the Islamic State’s ultraviolence doesn’t help to make the case for non-intervention.
Is Turkey Holding Up a Resolution in Syria?
The pieces for a political deal to end the Syrian civil war are coming together — if Ankara will let them.
War in Syria Diverts Hezbollah From War on Israel
Hezbollah has squandered any credibility as revolutionaries it had left by supporting the Assad regime in Syria.
Does Syria See the U.S. as an Ally?
By attacking rebels less extreme than the Islamic State, the U.S. almost seems to be doing Syria’s bidding.
What a GOP Senate Means for Obama’s Foreign Policy
2015 could yet see some significant developments—at least on issues where the White House and GOP are aligned.
The Islamic State’s Ongoing Program of Self-Sabotage
For the Islamic State, making the trains run on time doesn’t quite cover a multitude of sins.
Kobane: Hunger Strikes and Air Strikes
A former Syrian Kurdish MP is hunger striking in Washington for action in Kobane.
Iraq: What Could Possibly Go Right?
Four Months into Iraq War 3.0, the cracks are showing — on the battlefield and at the Pentagon.