by Daniel DePetris Even before Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Pyongyang for his first trip to North Korea in nearly a quarter century, foreign policy observers […]
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A new depth of cynicism
Despite what some Iranian leaders say to the gullible West, denying their intention to build nuclear weapons, Tehran’s pursuit of weapons-grade fissile material and the development of […]
Guest essay: Supporting Ukraine: Local action has global impact
by Yurij Wowczuk Russia’s relentless assault on Ukraine isn’t just a distant conflict; it affects us here at home in profound and surprising ways. The ripple effects […]
An Iranian hard-liner passes from the scene. What happens next?
by Daniel DePetris Last Sunday, Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s ultraconservative president, was flying home after participating in the opening of a new dam near the Iran-Azerbaijan border. But […]
The anatomy of a hostage deal
by Daniel DePetris In February, Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to the Middle East for meetings in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Israel and the West Bank. […]
President Biden must again prevent a wider Middle East war
by Andreas Kluth An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, as Mahatma Gandhi allegedly said. After Iran’s massive retaliation for the Israeli strike against […]
Netanyahu owes U.S. answers
by LZ Granderson We as Americans should be asking hard questions about Benjamin Netanyahu. Does the prime minister have a vision to end Israel’s war in Gaza […]
U.S. fired first diplomatic shot at Israel
by Andreas Kluth “Abstention” is a deceptively diplomatic word, implying some sort of bureaucratic omission. And yet this week’s decision by the U.S. to abstain from casting […]
Biden & Bibi: From frenemies to enemies
by Andreas Kluth You know frenemies are becoming enemies when they’re drawing each other red lines. That’s what President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Trump’s NATO rants make U.S. weaker
by Jonah Goldberg On Sept. 12, 2001, 24 hours after the 9/11 attacks, representatives of the then-19- member North Atlantic Treaty Organization, convened to invoke Article 5 […]