What Syria should teach us about Venezuela
The louder Washington calls for Nicolás Maduro’s ouster, the more likely it is that he will survive
Is a hanged child rapist part of the persecuted LGBT minority in Iran?
According to the western media, yes
Ignore the hawks, Trump’s Syria withdrawal is bold and brave
It makes a conflict with Iran less likely
Jamal Khashoggi is the right TIME Person of the Year – for all the wrong reasons
Khashoggi represented everything that is repressive and repugnant about journalism in the Arab world. Why is he so honored?
Has Saudi Arabia just pivoted towards Russia?
Why Trump is right to stand by Saudi Arabia
The media’s hypocrisy over Jamal Khashoggi stinks. The president is wise to ignore it
What Mohammed bin Salman did next
After the Khashoggi murder, the Saudi regime seems curiously pliant to western interests
Trump’s Iran agenda is starting to backfire
Following the Jamal Khashoggi story, the US-Saudi-Israel alliance is not gaining traction
Jamal Khashoggi was no fighter – but he was a turncoat
It would be surprising if Trump’s Middle East policy is determined by the murder of a Muslim Brotherhood activist who happened to write an occasional column for the Washington Post
How Trump cleans up the Saudi mess
It’s a murky business. But the President can again prove his diplomatic skill
What the media aren’t telling you about Jamal Khashoggi
The dissident’s fate says a lot about Saudi Arabia and the rise of the mobster state
When it comes to Iran, Trump is surprisingly impotent
Post-Vietnam, the US has acted militarily like the proverbial school-yard bully, picking fights only with the weaklings who can’t fight back.
Trump escalates the anti-Iran rhetoric. But why now?
If we learned anything from the so-called Arab Spring, it’s that the victors in that part of the world are never the pro-Western ones we bet on.
Assad is back for good in Syria – and with Trump’s blessing
Amid the confusion and the almost deafening cries of treachery and collusion over Donald Trump’s relations with Russia, few noticed…
Forget the naysayers, Saudi’s crown prince is the real deal
In an interview this month, Mohammad bin Salman offered an extraordinarily frank assessment of how to combat terrorism. It means…
