Middle East

John McCain Iran deal

Don’t Fall for the Washington War Hawks’ Iranophobia Don’t Fall for the Washington War Hawks’ Iranophobia

Their demands for war and regime change should be ignored.

May 30, 2017 / Danny Sjursen

wilbur ross

Wilbur Ross Is a Disgrace to Himself and His Country Wilbur Ross Is a Disgrace to Himself and His Country

The secretary of commerce is promoting an utter fantasy about authoritarian Saudi Arabia.

May 23, 2017 / John Nichols

Trump Saudi Arabia Speech

Our Embarrassment in Chief’s International Trip Is No Laughing Matter Our Embarrassment in Chief’s International Trip Is No Laughing Matter

Let’s not grade a guy holding the nuclear codes on a curve.

May 23, 2017 / Joshua Holland

Trump in Saudi Arabia

What Explains Trump’s Sharp About-Face on Saudi Arabia? What Explains Trump’s Sharp About-Face on Saudi Arabia?

It has more than a little to do with the power of the Saudi lobby—as well as the administration’s deep hostility toward Iran.

May 22, 2017 / James Carden

Trump at press conference

Donald Trump Committed Another Impeachable Offense This Week Donald Trump Committed Another Impeachable Offense This Week

And it had nothing to do with the Russia investigation. 

May 20, 2017 / John Nichols

Girls and Soldier Conflict Over Soccer

FIFA Punts on Palestine and Fouls Its Own Bylaws FIFA Punts on Palestine and Fouls Its Own Bylaws

The world soccer body has decreed that the West Bank is just land without teams for teams without a land.

May 18, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Iran Election 2017

In Iran’s Presidential Elections, Reformists’ Hopes Are Limited In Iran’s Presidential Elections, Reformists’ Hopes Are Limited

They have united many formerly opposed voters—but for now the fight for personal and political freedoms is taking a back seat.

May 17, 2017 / Scheherezade Faramarzi

Mattis and Nicholson

Trump Is Poised to Plunge Deeper Into the Afghan Quagmire Trump Is Poised to Plunge Deeper Into the Afghan Quagmire

More US troops cannot stabilize the corrupt and despised government in Kabul.

May 17, 2017 / Michael T. Klare

US Marine Afghanistan

The US Will Never Win the War in Afghanistan The US Will Never Win the War in Afghanistan

The military has no strategy for victory, merely a plan to avoid defeat.

May 16, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

US Forces YPG Arms

US Arms Syrian Kurds—and Turkey’s Erdogan Cries ‘Terrorism’ Ahead of Trump Meeting US Arms Syrian Kurds—and Turkey’s Erdogan Cries ‘Terrorism’ Ahead of Trump Meeting

Ankara fears it will help the Kurds form a federal ethnic province in Syria, and thus give the Turkish Kurds ideas.

May 12, 2017 / Juan Cole

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