Latest articles by Daniel Larison
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The Pakistan Gamble
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Killing Taliban leaders isn't enough
feature To diminish support for the Taliban ... there eventually must be greater accommodation of the aggrieved population’s interests. If those grievances cannot be accommodated, it will not matter how many (Baitullah) Mehsuds our forces assa
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How the U.S. needlessly alienates Russia
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Misusing Russia in Iran
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The U.S. should stay in Haiti
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Why America shouldn't panic over Putin
feature Russia's strong-willed leader is back for a third term as president. And as long as Mitt Romney cools the "number one geopolitical foe" talk, we'll be just fine
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The incredible shrinking foreign policy debate
feature Obama and Romney rarely offer detailed solutions to the world's political, economic, and military problems. That leaves us scrutinizing each party's platform for clues
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A year later, Libya is still a mess
feature After the West's much-ballyhood intervention, Libya is dominated by a complex tangle of violent militias — and the chaos is spilling into neighboring countries
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Why we should be thrilled by NATO's lack of action
feature An international summit in Chicago produces few results. But that's better than NATO endorsing a boneheaded intervention in Syria
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Why America should stay out of Syria
feature Hawkish agitators are clamoring for the West to intervene in Syria's bloody civil war. That's a terrible, terrible idea
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The West's inimical posturing on Iran
feature The EU approves a ban on Iranian oil imports, but what the West really needs is a complete reappraisal of its dealings with Tehran
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America's limited leverage in Syria
feature The U.S. is finally telling Bashar al-Assad to leave power. But we're not the ones he'll listen to
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Is New START really a new era?
feature Opponents even now are stepping up their efforts to derail U.S.-Russia relations
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The war in Libya is still a failure
feature Much of the world hails Moammar Gadhafi's death as a triumph for the West. But the war that toppled him remains misguided and illegal
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The West's helplessness in Syria
feature The 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
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The new Egypt looks a lot like the old one
feature Those in the United States and elsewhere who were hoping for fundamental democratic change need to readjust their expectations
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NATO's baffling Libya mission
feature The Western military alliance has no business being in Libya — and will damage what's left of its credibility over this ill-conceived adventure
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The GOP's massive Santorum-Paul schism
feature Santorum 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
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Why Obama will keep ignoring Syria in his second term
feature Many second-term presidents turn to foreign policy if they're viewed as lame ducks domestically. But don't expect Obama to go off starting wars
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The failure of the anti-Hagel campaign
feature The Democratic defections that conservatives coveted never materialized. And now many Republicans look like reflexively, dangerously aggressive people
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There is no good reason for the U.S. to intervene in Syria
feature But there sure are a lot of bad ones.
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Mitt Romney's vapid, misleading foreign policy speech
feature Obama has made some big international mistakes, but Romney seems incapable of honestly critiquing them
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The enduring failure of democracy promotion abroad
feature The American quest to spread freedom to autocrat-ruled nations is widely popular among foreign policy wonks. Too bad it doesn't work
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The brewing proxy war in Syria
feature As Western governments clamor for Bashar al-Assad's ouster, they roar toward a dangerous conflict with Syria's Russian and Iranian patrons
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