Iraq’s dire refugee crisis is posing a humanitarian and political challenge to the Obama administration.
America Should Open Its Doors to Iraqis
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Women and the War In Syria
Meet five women who are bearing the burden of conflict in Syria and persevering in spite of it.
The Most Obvious Way for Iraq to Fend Off ISIS
Iraq President Nouri al-Maliki’s attention remains divided.
Mowing the Lawn in Gaza
Israel believes it can bomb Gazans into changing their interests. How long will Obama support this delusion?
Obama: Be War-Weary, Not World-Weary
How the Obama administration can make good on its stated preference for diplomacy over war.
U.S. Forces: Stay Out of Iraq
Iraq’s problems are in large part the result of recent disasters–like the U.S. invasion and the Syrian civil war–not ancient grievances.
Maliki Big Loser in the Blame Game
However vindictive and mule-headed, Prime Minister Maliki doesn’t deserve all the blame for the success of ISIS in Iraq.
ISIS’ New Caliphate and Christ’s Kingdom of God
Were Christ and his followers early jihadists?
ISIS: The Spoils of the “Great Loot” in the Middle East
Adding yet more warfare to the current crisis in the Middle East will perpetuate exactly what the imperial powers set out to do: tear an entire region of the world asunder.
How John Maynard Keynes Can Save the Arab Spring
With secular autocrats and rigid Islamists equally discredited in the Arab world, the space is wide open for progressive democrats to save the Arab spring.