This year, Arab political Islam will be greatly influenced by U.S. regional policy, as it has been since the Obama administration came into office six years ago. Indeed, as the US standing in the region rose with Obama’s presidency beginning in January 2009, so...
Has anyone noticed how stupid everything is getting? Now of course it could be that I'm just getting crankier as I get older, but I could swear the intelligence level of the political class is dropping precipitously. The evidence seems overwhelming: Exhibit #1 – Marco...
It was the moment many had been waiting for. On January 2, Palestine’s United Nations envoy, Riyad Mansour formally requested membership at the International Criminal Court (ICC). "We are seeking justice for all the victims that have been killed by Israel, the...
According to the New York Times, Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, the commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East, is trying to figure out why the brutal Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is such a dynamic force in Iraq and Syria, but has been...
On October 23, 2001, the Office of Legal Counsel issued a legal opinion that would shock most Americans if they realized its full implications. By all appearances, it is still in effect, judging by military surveillance operations taking place in the U.S. by the...
If you're sick of our foreign policy of perpetual war and yet have an instinctive disdain for all things Republican, you have an alternative to Rand Paul in 2016 – Jim Webb. Yes, I know we're all supposed to believe Hillary Clinton has the Democratic nomination locked...
The year 2015 will surely mark a watershed in relations between the United States and Russia, one way or the other. However, whether tensions increase – to war-by-proxy in Ukraine or an even wider war – or whether they subside depends mostly on President Barack Obama....
