Did the realists underestimate Putin?
Russia’s Ukraine invasion is George W. Bush in Iraq all over again
Leon Hadar
Wednesday
Wednesday
Noninterventionists never win arguments
How did we arrive to the same spot we were in on the eve of the Iraq War?
Thursday
America’s long history of sitting out Russian invasions
From Hungary in 1956 to Czechoslovakia in 1968, we’ve often chided but rarely intervened
Sunday
Biden’s confusion over sanctions
He’s cracking down on the autocratic Putin but easing up on autocratic Iran. Why?
Wednesday
Joe Biden is no Jack Kennedy
JFK caused Russia to blink over Cuba, while Biden gave everything away from the start
Monday
Time to retire the ‘Munich’ analogy?
Putin is a bad guy — but he’s playing realpolitik, while Hitler was a lunatic
Tuesday
As with Iraq, so with Russia
The hawks and neocons have returned, demanding war and silencing dissent
Tuesday
Israel and America are drifting apart
Our interests have diverged as even the Israeli prime minister recently acknowledged
Monday
America’s control over the international system is slipping
And that’s OK. It’s time to accept the next best thing to being number one
Thursday
Europeans are still free-riding off American security
They claimed during Trump’s presidency that they were going to take charge of their defense, but they haven’t
Tuesday
Biden chickens out of Iran negotiations
And naturally he’s blaming Israel too. Surprised?
Monday
Joe Biden, foreign policy realist
He should send a message to Iran about their nuclear ambitions
Saturday
Was it inevitable that Iran would go nuclear?
The Biden administration has been projecting irresolution, appeasement and just plain incompetence
Wednesday
The fantasy of an Israeli-Palestinian ‘peace’
The best that can be hoped for is a ceasefire, forty years without war
Sunday
Ticking off the French was strategic genius
America used a submarine deal to send a message to the freeloading Europeans
Saturday
Why can’t we fire the Blob?
These people give chutzpah a bad name
Wednesday
Israel’s PR problems have nothing to do with PR
It’s the zeitgeist, stupid!
Thursday
How I became Hispanic
Learning to love my inner Latino
Saturday
Netanyahu plays Churchill, but where’s his FDR?
The days of full-blown Pax Americana in the Middle East are over
Wednesday
Award the Nobel Peace Prize to Jared Kushner. Seriously!
He disrupted the old Middle East paradigm to get results
