France’s Ramped-Up Syria Bombing Comes Up Empty France’s Ramped-Up Syria Bombing Comes Up Empty
The impulse to “do something” doesn’t guarantee results against the Islamic State. Should we worry about what it will take?
Nov 18, 2015 / Ali Gharib
Will Paris Melt the New US-Russian Cold War? Will Paris Melt the New US-Russian Cold War?
Paris and Moscow form an alliance while Washington dithers.
Nov 18, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
Paul Ryan’s Alarmist Syrian-Refugee Move Is Playing With Fire Paul Ryan’s Alarmist Syrian-Refugee Move Is Playing With Fire
The House speaker’s call for a ‘‘pause’’ in refugee resettlement only encourages hardliners who want to shutdown the government over the issue.
Nov 18, 2015 / Joan Walsh
European Countries’ Closing Their Borders to Refugees Is Collective Punishment European Countries’ Closing Their Borders to Refugees Is Collective Punishment
EU states’ attempts to “opt out” of international law will only fuel more regional chaos.
Nov 18, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Why Paris Became the Jihadi Jackpot Why Paris Became the Jihadi Jackpot
It incarnates the spirit of humanism and universalism that released Europe from the bonds of religion. That’s exactly why the fanatics loathe it.
Nov 17, 2015 / Natasha Lehrer
Republican Governors Are Posturing on Refugees, but Their Xenophobia Has Real Consequences Republican Governors Are Posturing on Refugees, but Their Xenophobia Has Real Consequences
Anti-Muslim hate crimes are up, but that’s not all.
Nov 17, 2015 / John Knefel
There Is Only One Way to Destroy ISIS There Is Only One Way to Destroy ISIS
Neither airstrikes nor boots on the ground will do it. We must address the conditions that led to its rise, and that means ending the Syrian civil war and the regional Saudi-Irania...
Nov 16, 2015 / Yousef Munayyer
What’s the Real Story Behind the American Attack on Doctors Without Borders? What’s the Real Story Behind the American Attack on Doctors Without Borders?
The American government’s changing, contradictory account of the deadly attack on a hospital in Afghanistan has been anything but believable.
Nov 16, 2015 / Laura Gottesdiener
Is It Wrong to Mourn Paris More Deeply Than Beirut? Is It Wrong to Mourn Paris More Deeply Than Beirut?
Paris was a wake-up call for Westerners—a reminder that we usually have the luxury to ignore the costs of war, even as our governments inflict them on foreigners.
Nov 16, 2015 / Jeanne Kay
To Defeat ISIS, We Must Call Both Western and Muslim Leaders to Account To Defeat ISIS, We Must Call Both Western and Muslim Leaders to Account
And that includes the Saudi kings whose funding of Wahhabi doctrine gave rise to the scourge of Islamic extremism.
Nov 15, 2015 / Laila Lalami