Trump has disempowered America

4 days ago
Daniel Serwer

Surrender of the strait to Iran and retreat from the Middle East will weaken the US. So too will failure…

The Iranians can get what they want

6 days ago

The Iranians will try to impose unilaterally a permanent toll on passage through the strait of Hormuz. It is going…

Trump has lost Netanyahu’s war

2 weeks ago

Trump is in peril of losing all but his most loyal voters. No wonder he is trying not only to…

Trump has already lost his Iran war

3 weeks ago

Trump is stuck in a war of his own making. But it is the rest of us worldwide who will…

Trump has driven America into a dead end

4 weeks ago

Trump wants to pull the plug. The Israelis don't. And the Iranians are demanding outcomes that neither Israel nor the…

Trump wants to pull the plug

4 weeks ago

A year from now, we are likely to be remembering a highly effective military operation that did not achieve its…

Ending the Iran war well won’t be easy

4 weeks ago

The devil is not only in the details, but in a highly uncertain future. This war was a giant wager.…

Do the Balkans really want EU membership?

1 month ago

When the political window opens for Iceland or Ukraine, I hope the Balkan candidates will be ready and willing.

Lots of things can still go wrong

1 month ago

Even if the war were to end tomorrow, the impact would continue to ripple into the future. There are lots…

It’s about regime change, no doubt

1 month ago

The greater powers often excepted themselves from the rules-based order. Now it is in tatters. We are going to miss…