News Abroad

The Legacy of John Foster Dulles that Remains With Us to this Day

by John D. Wilsey

The question is: Should it?

The Unpleasant Facts About Carpet Bombing

by Robert Huddleston

The Allies in World War II tried it. (It didn’t work.)

Why the Srebrenica Massacre Should Not be Used as an Excuse for Intervention

by David N. Gibbs

It’s using a war tragedy as a means of selling new wars to the public.

The Disconcerting Reason We Aren’t Racing to Embrace Syrian Refugees

by Bethany Sharpe

We don’t just fear young adult males, but children and women, too.

ISIS: We Have Seen This Before

by Jeffrey Kaplan

What ISIS wants is a final, apocalyptic confrontation with the world.

I Spent Years Interviewing a Soviet Ballet Star for a Biography

by Joel Lobenthal

What I learned is especially important to remember at a time of crisis in Russian-American relations.

Did Obama Really “Surrender the Middle East to Putin?”

by Brian Glyn Williams

One can only imagine the Republican outcry if a CIA operative was beheaded by ISIS, a U.S. bomber shot down by Russia, and an American plane blown up by ISIS on Obama’s watch.

The Year America Saved Russia from Starvation

by William Lambers

It was America’s greatest Christmas gift.

President Obama’s No Longer Saying He Will “Degrade And Destroy” ISIS. Is this Significant?

by Robert Satloff

It appears he’s joining other presidents, who always promised to destroy our enemies. Period.

The Unintended Consequences of War: The Origins of America’s First Refugee Crisis

by Michael A. McDonnell

There’s a lesson here if only we open our eyes and see it.

Churchill’s Lesson: We Shouldn’t Be Afraid of an Alliance with Russia Against ISIS

by Walter G. Moss

As in World War II our greatest enemy today is not Russia.

Reagan Welcomed Hundreds of Thousands of Boat People. And Today the GOP Is Demonizing Refugees?

by Joe Krulder

What gives?

So Britain Is Going to War in Syria! Here’s the Danger.

by Luke Reader

It is going to war simply because it cannot think of anything else to do.

Deny Syrian Refugees Entry to the US? We’ve Been Here Before.

by Leonard Greenspoon

“Discrimination against immigrants or refugees based on religion isn’t new in the U.S. It happened to my family almost 100 years ago.”

Shame on you, Niall Ferguson

by Paul B. Sturtevant

He elected to throw gasoline on the fires of Islamophobia after the Paris attacks.

What’s Going on with Russia and Turkey?

by Deepak Tripathi

And how does Israel figure in this mess?

So Why Are Russia and Turkey Feuding?

by Jonathan Adelman

There’s a long history of animosity between them.

Should the U.S. “Reoccupy” Iraq and Invade Syria?

by Brian Glyn Williams

Before you say yes remember that it took a combined force of over 270,000 Sunni Anbar fighters and U.S. troops to defeat ‘Al Qaeda in Iraq’ in just central and western Iraq in 2007.

The Paris Attacks Are Giving the Great Powers Opposed to ISIS an Opportunity

by Mark Jarrett

A history lesson shows what happens when an opportunity like this is missed.

First, Stop the Civil War in Syria

by Robert Brent Toplin

And that won’t be easy, as history shows.