By Daniel Larison on Jul 23, 2024 12:05 am
Now that President Joe Biden has made the unprecedented decision to end his reelection campaign and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president, we need to ask: what will be her foreign policy if she wins in November? Read in browser »
By Annelle Sheline,Adam Weinstein on Jul 23, 2024 12:05 am
On September 12, 2002, Benjamin Netanyahu — then a private citizen — was invited to Congress to give “an Israeli perspective” in support of a U.S. invasion of Iraq. Netanyahu issued a confident prediction: “if you take out Saddam, Saddam’s regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region,” adding, “and I think that people sitting right next door in Iran, young people, and many others, will say the time of such regimes, of such despots is gone.” Read in browser »
By Daniel Larison on Jul 22, 2024 12:05 am
Israeli forces attacked “vital civilian infrastructure” at the port of Hodeidah in Yemen on Saturday in response to a Houthi drone strike in Tel Aviv, according to Mwatana, a leading independent Yemeni human rights organization. Read in browser »
By Anatol Lieven on Jul 19, 2024 12:05 am
Perhaps the most striking thing about Moscow today is its calm. This is a city that has been barely touched by war. Indeed, until you turn on the television — where propaganda is omnipresent — you would hardly know that there is a war. Read in browser »
By Mark Episkopos on Jul 19, 2024 12:05 am
German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, known for his sardonic quips, famously remarked that the United States is buffered by weak neighbors to the north and south and by fish to the east and west. Read in browser »
By Jack Hunter on Jul 18, 2024 12:05 am
On Wednesday, an image that went viral on X noted that some of the most prominent Republicans were not taking part in the Republican National Convention. Read in browser »