A $550 million Air Force bomber so good it will never be used
The Air Force wants a new bomber so that it never actually has to use it.
The Defense Department recently announced it will soon pick...
Trump excludes Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces from his Iran strategy
Donald Trump’s exclusion of Iraq from his enumeration of Iranian violations in the Arab world and the IRGC’s roles there, and in Syria, Yemen...
Saudis must be grateful to expatriate workers
The development witnessed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the past 40 years is unparalleled anywhere in the world. No doubt this can...
Why save Lebanon?
My Saudi friend was furious. He read my article “Lebanon needs a break!” and threw some tough questions that had been around for a...
Time for a new Sykes-Picot Agreement to fix the Middle East
It's time to renegotiate the contract that put the Middle East together.
The "contract" is the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement, which divided up most of the...
The poor will pay the biggest price for this pandemic
Daily media updates on the number of infections and deaths caused by the COVID-19 pandemic tend to focus on affluent countries.
Even when studies conclude...
New perspectives on Sadat
Four decades have elapsed since the historic visit of late Egyptian president Anwar Al-Sadat to Jerusalem. Different, and in fact more often than not...
Why lifting oil export ban can help U.S. foreign policy
A House of Representatives bill is due to go to the floor this week, one step closer to lifting the 40-year-old ban on the...
Imperial overreach How Putin's move into Syria could bring his government down
In his United Nations speech on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the world to join Russia's fight against terrorism while preserving Syria...
Syria's one hope may be as dim as Bosnia's once was
Last week was quite something in the annals of international politics. Just when the West thought it had enough problems with Moscow, mostly over...
