The Assad regime and the Syrian economy at large have been under Western sanctions for years, but they have yet…
News: - Somebody leaked to Reuters the transcript of the last Biden-Ghani phone call. -NYT details how CIA evacuated its…
Wisely, the Americans left Afghanistan at the beginning of the August 31 deadline, not its end. The 3:29 pm departure…
Notice: Due to public health concerns, upcoming events are only available via live stream. Grim Prospects for Women and Girls…
I often warn students that they can't write a good paper on Congress using Google because all the significant inside…
I missed yesterday, so two today: August 29 - WaPo says US will withdraw all embassy people from Kabul. -…
- US still expects a truck bomb near the Kabul airport. - WSJ has good background reports on ISIS-K and…
News: Biden meets with Israeli PM Bennett today. NYT notes problems in recent intelligence sharing. WaPo says Taliban seeks political…
https://twitter.com/i/status/1430550434452738049 The continuing chaos both outside and inside Kabul airport raises difficult questions. Let's assume all the expats (people without…
- Congress makes deals that both sides can brag about. - They take trips to war zones to dramatize their…