The Slaughter of Diplomacy
Without a coordinated plan of action for Syria, there will soon be nothing left for the international community to save.
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Putin’s Syria Strategy: It Wasn’t About Syria
Propping the Assad regime was only a motive insofar as it helped achieve other targets.
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Is the Far-Right Winning Europe’s Culture War?
The far-right’s nationalist and protectionist ideology continues to win support and fuel anti-EU sentiments
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Some Cold Water for That Bern: Sanders Has Nothing Close to a Foreign Policy
Sanders prefers to continue his pillory of all things high finance to the exclusion of nearly all else — foreign policy, in particular.
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The Siren Song of Airstrikes
Failure to pursue political goals in the Middle East with the same gusto as military objectives could render today’s battlefield successes against ISIS meaningless.
Managing the Turkish-Kurd Conflict Should be a U.S. Priority
The U.S. is allowing Turkey to become more authoritarian and opposed to the anti-ISIL effort.
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Cooperation and Conflict in the Middle East: US Strategy in Flux
Alex Davies talks to New York Times National Security Correspondent David Sanger about recent developments in Syria and Iran.
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Introducing “The Dispatch”
A new channel for in-depth analysis from the frontlines.
Towards a New Millennial Foreign Policy
Amid the ongoing debate over U.S. strategy in the Middle East, Tyler Bowen responds to Chris Newton’s criticism of millennial foreign policy.
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