The future could hold many surprises from the Islamic State.
How the Islamic State Is Like a Multinational Corporation
The Islamic State is pursuing a strategy of mergers and acquisitions.
Ashton Carter’s Plan to Expand U.S. Military Presence Across the Globe Even Further
As if the current 662 U.S.military bases around the world from which air strikes can be launched aren’t enough.
The Dayton Accords 20 Years On
Some Europeans were happy to see Bosnian Muslims massacred by the Serbs and Croats.
The Islamic State Finds Rushing Headlong to the Apocalypse Easier Than State-Building
Is the Islamic State fast-forwarding from its caliphate to a final battle with the West?
Yemen: Saudi Arabia’s Vietnam
Despite the Iran nuclear deal, Washington greenlit the Saudi War against Yemen.
An End to the Right’s Reign In Spain?
Whatever party ends up on top in the Spanish election, it will have to form a coalition, thus ending the reign of the two-party system that has dominated the country since Franco.
Will Scarcity Lead to Anarchy in China as Robert Kaplan Maintains?
The steady track towards stability and prosperity that China and most developing countries seem to be on is driven by a new form of self-reliance.
When the Left Turned Its Back on Nuclear Disarmament
In the 1960s, the New Left treated nuclear disarmament like your father’s activism.
Jabhat al-Nusra a Greater Threat to Syria Than Islamic State
The Islamic State’s atrocities provide cover for the almost equally brutal Jabhat al-Nusra to operate.