The Netanyahu Speech
Israel Speaks for the Sunnis

Bibi’s position is also that of his neighbors.

U.S. Policy in the Middle East
The Other Side of Iran’s “Strategic Genius”

Iran isn’t just doing well in the nuclear negotiations—thanks in part to U.S. policy, the situation on the ground in the Middle East is going Tehran’s way, too.

Obama's Iran Strategy
The President Talks Past His Critics on Iran

The President has laid out his vision, but shows little sign of interacting with widely-held critiques of it.

2015 Watch
Power Rankings: The Critical States

Here’s the third tier of our global power rankings: those states most likely to have a destabilizing effect on world order in 2015.

Go Big or Go Home
America’s Systemic Failure in Syria

Why did it take the US four months to clear a town the size of Biloxi, MS?

Saudi Security Fears
The Great Wall of Arabia

ISIS is probing for weak points along a major Saudi border security project.

After Charlie Hebdo
Can Europe Find a Way to Discuss Integration?

After Hebdo and the PEGIDA marches, is there a leader who can plot a middle course?

Unchanging Egypt
Sisi’s Return to Business as Usual

Three court rulings mark a new, old tone.

2015 Watch
Power Rankings: The Second Tier

The second part of our series on global power in 2015. This time: the aspiring powers, the regional hegemons, the has-beens and the wanna-bes.

The President and the Pirate
To Keep America Free

Today is the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, in which a most American combination of a future President, a pirate, and freed slaves beat the world’s best army.

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