How two deaths shook Iran to its core
Mahsa Amini and the ailing Supreme Leader reveal a regime headed for crisis
Iran
Sunday
Friday
Putin and Xi herald a rising authoritarian axis
The West has a serious challenge on its hands
Friday
The Greatest Living American Writer on Salman Rushdie
‘The attack on Rushdie is an attack on all writers, but even more so on me, because of my prominence’
Friday
The attack on Salman Rushdie is an ominous warning
The danger seemed to have passed but extremists continue to plague the world
Saturday
Iran and Russia: the new Axis of Evil?
This strange friendship has limits, but its growth could spell trouble
Thursday
Learning to live with a nuclear Iran
Biden isn’t about to launch a strike and so Washington will adjust
Monday
Don’t expect much from Biden’s Middle East trip
Outcomes will likely be unimpressive
Tuesday
‘America or chaos’ is a false choice
Foreign policy leadership does not mean getting involved in every conflict
Monday
The Taliban’s Afghanistan quagmire
Overthrowing a corrupt government is a lot easier than governing
Tuesday
Enough with the 1970s comparisons
Breezy historical analogies might be exciting but that doesn’t make them accurate
Sunday
Russia’s war is a global cancer
Its conflict will continue to spread — and what then?
Wednesday
Noninterventionists never win arguments
How did we arrive to the same spot we were in on the eve of the Iraq War?
Wednesday
The Ukraine invasion is nothing compared to Iraq
Or Iran or Afghanistan or…
Sunday
Biden’s confusion over sanctions
He’s cracking down on the autocratic Putin but easing up on autocratic Iran. Why?
Wednesday
Biden finalizes terrible new Iran deal
Sources say an agreement with the mullahs is coming very soon, with Ukraine as cover
Tuesday
Israel and America are drifting apart
Our interests have diverged as even the Israeli prime minister recently acknowledged
Monday
The Iran nuclear talks are on the brink of collapse
Biden’s ultra-dovish negotiator has seen to that. The question now is: what happens the morning after?
Tuesday
Biden chickens out of Iran negotiations
And naturally he’s blaming Israel too. Surprised?
Sunday
Antony Blinken’s soundtrack to failure
Biden’s secretary of state has released his Spotify playlist and its invitations to weakness are many
Monday
Eighty years after Wannsee
Jews should see existential threats for what they are
