Middle East
The ‘Iran Spring’ delusion
The democracy junkies are at it again — craving another fantasy revolution in a country they don’t understand
The Middle East mess has nothing to do with Donald Trump
On every count, other than creating permanent war, the Bush Doctrine failed
Could this be the beginning of the end for Iran’s mullahs?
It is easy to see a possible parallel here with the Soviet Union, whose leaders were rattling their sabers as loudly as ever as their socialist empire began to crumble
Why trouble in the Middle East no longer means an oil price hike
America is less dependent on the oil that comes out of the Middle East than at any point in modern times
Iran must pay the families of flight 752
It took four days for the Iranians to admit that they had downed the jet
Iran no longer alone
The American strategy of isolating and dividing Tehran has just been exploded
‘So far, so good’ — the madness in Trump’s method
The administration’s eagerness to play down Iran’s missile strikes smacks of desperation
Iran begins its ‘fierce revenge’
The question now is what Trump’s next move will be
Qasem Soleimani’s death could change the game for Israel
Israel remains a target for Iran, but because the US conducted the killing, it is less likely that Iran will mobilize the region against Israel
Will the Iran-US confrontation spiral out of control? Even the experts don’t know
Escalation poses major risks for both Tehran and Washington — and they both know it
China and Russia win from America’s wars
Their strategic aim is to displace the United States from Eurasia
The Iraqi government may now have to choose between America and Iran
What does Soleimani’s death mean for US policy and the continued US presence in Iraq?
No, killing Soleimani doesn’t mean war
Maybe Trump’s critics are just as wrong as they’ve been every other time
The Soleimani assassination is Donald Trump’s biggest gamble yet
Will Trump go down in history as the president who started World War III?
Trump’s foreign policy isn’t working
America First realism has been a cypher
Trump’s common-sense response to the Saudi shooter
The Saudi Arabia of today is not the Saudi Arabia of 2001
In defense of journalism
‘Citizen journalists’ are no such thing
Trump’s Syria missile strike was a scandal
But almost nobody dares say so
Trump and Netanyahu will win again
American media have cried Wolf Blitzer for too long
Turkish delight at the White House
Trump recognizes that Turkey’s prosperity and stability are an American interest
How Netanyahu gains from the death of Baha Abu al-Ata
PIJ has been amassing weapons and has led the recent attacks against Israel
Six poems for Veterans Day
By a British veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts
Gunning it into al-Amarah
The insurgents did the sensible thing and left before our armored column arrived
The story behind Donald Trump’s fake withdrawal from Syria
Washington’s hawks have Trump exactly where they want him
The death of al-Baghdadi comes at the perfect time for Donald Trump
Trump will hope to be known as the leader of the free world who dealt Isis that final, fatal blow
