Iraq Daily Roundup: 33 Killed; Protesters Ignore Curfews
Turkey Plans Attack on Syrian Kurds
ISTANBUL – The Turkish government plans to use Syrian refugees to displace the local Kurdish population in northern Syria. But so far, the scheme isn’t working so well. Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayep Erdogan announced his intention to settle up to two...
Iraq Daily Roundup: 25 Killed; 1,500 Wounded in Ongoing Protests
Iraq Daily Roundup: 22 Killed; Protests Continue
Taiwan Arms Sales and the Erosion of US-Sino Diplomacy
Like everyone here, I feel honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country. I did so for three decades before entering the private sector a quarter century ago. I now chair a globally engaged business development company and the Committee for the Republic. I...
Why Israel Is Struggling To Find a Way Out of Its Political Deadlock
It would be a grave mistake to assume that the continuing political deadlock in Israel – with neither incumbent prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival Benny Gantz seemingly able to cobble together a coalition government – is evidence of a...
Tragic Folly: Supporting Death and Destruction in Yemen
Last year, in the Yemeni village of Dahyan, a Saudi airstrike targeted a bus of schoolboys on a field trip, killing 54. Forty-four were children. The Guardian and CNN identified the munition as an MK-82 (500 lb.) bomb; experts stated it was “a laser-guided Paveway,...
Iraq Daily Roundup: 14 Killed; Protests Turn Deadly
One Year After Khashoggi’s Brutal Murder: Business as Usual?
Heinous. Savage. Ghastly. It’s hard to find the words to describe the act of luring journalist Jamal Khashoggi into a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, suffocating him, chopping him up and dissolving his bones. Yet a year later, governments and businesspeople around the...


