Down with the American morality police
Unlike Iran’s, they are not so easy to disband
Iran
Friday
Tuesday
The US-Iran match was just a soccer game
The geopolitical drama and tension off the field was nowhere to be found
Friday
Why Biden’s attempt to revive the Iran deal is faltering
Washington is quietly giving up hope on the 2015 agreement
Wednesday
The inevitable return of Bibi Netanyahu
Israeli elections appear set to return him to power in a stunning comeback
Friday
Why Israel won’t give lethal aid to Ukraine
And why it’s probably the right call
Sunday
The right’s dangerous embrace of soft isolationism
Not only is withdrawing from the world a bad idea, it’s fundamentally un-conservative
Thursday
The Russia-Iran axis that’s menacing Ukraine
The two pariah nations are finding plenty of room to collaborate, starting on drones
Thursday
How the US failed to stop OPEC from cutting oil production
The administration’s foreign policy is seen as weak and feckless
Tuesday
Don’t expect the protests to topple Iran’s government
The Islamic Republic has survived mass demonstrations before
Sunday
How two deaths shook Iran to its core
Mahsa Amini and the ailing Supreme Leader reveal a regime headed for crisis
Friday
Putin and Xi herald a rising authoritarian axis
The West has a serious challenge on its hands
Friday
The Greatest Living American Writer on Salman Rushdie
‘The attack on Rushdie is an attack on all writers, but even more so on me, because of my prominence’
Friday
The attack on Salman Rushdie is an ominous warning
The danger seemed to have passed but extremists continue to plague the world
Saturday
Iran and Russia: the new Axis of Evil?
This strange friendship has limits, but its growth could spell trouble
Thursday
Learning to live with a nuclear Iran
Biden isn’t about to launch a strike and so Washington will adjust
Monday
Don’t expect much from Biden’s Middle East trip
Outcomes will likely be unimpressive
Tuesday
‘America or chaos’ is a false choice
Foreign policy leadership does not mean getting involved in every conflict
Monday
The Taliban’s Afghanistan quagmire
Overthrowing a corrupt government is a lot easier than governing
Tuesday
Enough with the 1970s comparisons
Breezy historical analogies might be exciting but that doesn’t make them accurate
Sunday
Russia’s war is a global cancer
Its conflict will continue to spread — and what then?
