News Abroad

What Terrorists Have Learned from One Another – And from Israeli Leaders Like Itzhak Shamir and Menachem Begin

by Bruce Hoffman

They’ve learned that terrorism works – and how to win.

Los Angeles Conference Confronts BDS Financing and Tactics

by Edwin Black

Several hundred individuals will gather March 21-23, 2015 in a Los Angeles hotel at the International Anti-BDS Conference convened by the leading pro-Israel group, StandWithUs.

While the World Wasn't Looking, Crisis-Prone Taiwan Had A Political Revolution

by Jeff Roquen

Is the United States Appeasing China and Hoping No One Will Notice?

Bombing Iran: What Would Happen If the Hawks Got Their Way?

by Juan Cole

A US bombing raid on Iran would essentially be a rescue of ISIL in Iraq.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Ideologically Dictated Worldview

by Lawrence Davidson

Think of the Israeli prime minister as a Pied Piper, playing the hypnotic tunes of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and clash of civilizations down a dark and dismal road to war.

Obama and Netanyahu Differ on History, Not Just Iran

by John Dickson

Both leaders take a long view of history, but while Netanyahu’s view goes backward, Obama’s looks forward.

Wasteland: A Chinese Village that’s Undergoing Rapid Change

by Michael Meyer

Saying goodbye to the old China of family farms.

New York's 200-Year Conspiracy for Peace

by Lawrence S. Wittner

Why has New York played a central role in the American peace movement?

What Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress Will Mean for Israel and US Politics

by James Stocker

On March 3 Bibi Netanyahu ties Winston Churchill for the title of the foreign leader who has given the most speeches to the Congress. Is his address of long-lasting significance?

Obama’s ISIS War Request Is an “Extraordinary Opportunity” for Congress

by Andrew Bacevich

Pretend that it’s the spring of 1970. President Richard Nixon has just sent US troops into Cambodia, expanding the war.  Angry?  Then why aren't you angry now?

This Is When Muslims in the Middle East Turned to Extremism

by Richard Drake

It started with a treaty few in the West even remember: The Treaty of Sèvres (1920)

Ukraine: The Cuban Missile Crisis in Reverse

by William R. Polk

How the process of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and what we face today over the Ukraine compare.  It's not reassuring. But there's a way out. 

Seven Reasons Why We Should Not Send Weapons to Ukraine

by Walter G. Moss

The hawks who urge us to arm Ukraine say we need to remember 1938. But Putin’s not Hitler.

3 Lessons from the French Revolution European Policymakers Should Keep in Mind

by Rebecca L. Spang

The moment has come to diversify our analogy portfolio to include the French Revolution if we are to understand the Euro crisis.

Trying to Make Money Work, in the Place It Was Invented

by Jotham Parsons

Greece is in trouble. Do Europe’s leaders understand what’s required for success?

America Is More than the 82nd Airborne. We Need to Let the Muslim World Know that.

by Greg Barnhisel

Using culture to define us is one of the lessons of the Cold War we need to relearn.

Boko Haram Is Hardly a New Phenomenon in Nigeria

by Moses Ochonu

The surprise is it’s in formal rebellion against western education its members never received.

Why a Long-lasting Peace in Ukraine Is Unlikely

by Christopher Stevens, Ph.D.

In the absence of a grand bargain the incentives for renewed conflict are great.

Is Pope Francis Too Political?

by Walter Moss

Russia’s Leading Nineteenth-Century Philosopher Would Say “No”

Along with a Fresh Start in Cuba, We Need a Fresh Start in Mexico

by Aaron Brown

First on the agenda should be revising American drug laws.