ISIS may be on its way out, but the Iraqi city has a long road ahead.
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Saudi Arabia's puzzling effort to blacklist its tiny neighbor Qatar begs the question of who's really isolated in the Gulf.
By putting such a sinister face on it, Trump might have finally inspired lawmakers to rein in America’s post-9/11 war machine.
The possibilities for catastrophic miscalculation are skyrocketing in the Middle East, and this administration is proving singularly prone to miscalculation.
The more immediate danger is that as America's soft power crumbles, the White House will lean harder on hard power — with predictably grim results.
The "war on terror" has killed millions of innocent people. You don't have to be a "bad Muslim" to oppose that.
The wars America is already fighting are going to cost trillions. The cost of the ones to come is almost incomprehensible.
If Trump wants to make an early mark with North Korea, it should be with the only thing that's ever worked: diplomacy.
A winning (losing) formula would look something like: Rush headlong into new conflicts. Create failed states. Prop up dictatorships. Alienate the public. Sound familiar?
As famine descends on a huge swath of the globe, the White House is rolling back aid, ramping up conflict, and risking more climate chaos.