The brewing proxy war in Syria
February 6, 2012, at 5:55 PMAs Western governments clamor for Bashar al-Assad's ouster, they roar toward a dangerous conflict with Syria's Russian and Iranian patrons
Daniel Larison
The West's inimical posturing on Iran
January 24, 2012, at 6:05 PMThe EU approves a ban on Iranian oil imports, but what the West really needs is a complete reappraisal of its dealings with Tehran
6 CommentsThe GOP's massive Santorum-Paul schism
January 4, 2012, at 11:24 AMSantorum is an unrepentant Bush-era interventionist. Paul is a fierce critic of U.S. interference abroad. And the GOP can't decide who's right
25 CommentsNewt Gingrich's dangerous, self-aggrandizing foreign policy
December 8, 2011, at 10:48 AMThe GOP presidential frontrunner sees the world in stark, apocalyptic terms that would be sure to endanger America should Gingrich win the White House
26 CommentsEurope's Catch-22
November 7, 2011, at 10:45 AMDissent over the debt crisis in Greece proves that Western governments can rarely have both fiscal austerity and democratic accountability
The war in Libya is still a failure
October 21, 2011, at 8:30 AMMuch of the world hails Moammar Gadhafi's death as a triumph for the West. But the war that toppled him remains misguided and illegal
25 CommentsMitt Romney's alarmist foreign policy: Bush redux?
October 7, 2011, at 4:12 PMThe GOP presidential frontrunner offers a major policy address full of straw men, rhetorical relics, and shameless dishonesty
35 CommentsThe real legacy of 9/11
September 12, 2011, at 2:47 PMA decade after the attacks, America's "war on terror" still drains resources, mars our national reputation, and undermines our alliances
America's limited leverage in Syria
August 19, 2011, at 4:00 PMThe U.S. is finally telling Bashar al-Assad to leave power. But we're not the ones he'll listen to
7 CommentsAmerica's shaky relationship with India
July 25, 2011, at 6:00 AMA nuclear deal at the heart of America's friendship with India is being pilloried by critics in the world's largest democracy
8 CommentsThe myth of American isolationists
July 7, 2011, at 5:20 PMNeocons and liberal interventionists accuse the more restrained among us of fostering America's decline. But nothing could be further from the truth
6 CommentsThe West's helplessness in Syria
June 10, 2011, at 12:17 PMThe U.S. should ignore calls from Congress and the media to take action against Bashar Al-Assad's bloody crackdown, because sadly, there's nothing we can do
The GOP revolt on Libya
June 6, 2011, at 7:15 AMMajor players in the reliably pro-war Republican Party fiercely oppose America's floundering war against Moammar Gadhafi, signaling a big shift in conservative politics
13 CommentsObama's empty Mideast rhetoric
May 19, 2011, at 5:20 PMThe president's speech was long on warnings but short on consequences
The cost of killing bin Laden
May 3, 2011, at 10:58 AMAmerica has poured enormous resources into the war on terror. What has it received in return?
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