Juan Cole is predicting long-term repercussions from the move of Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with US support into the 90-mile…
Here is my appearance last Saturday on C-Span's Washington Journal discussing Iraq and Afghanistan:
Even as hope fades for peace talks, Syrian civil society gives me reason not to despair. Here is my preface to…
Praveen Madhiraju, a pro bono advisor to the Btyqi family, writes: "Don't worry, we'll resolve [the Bytyqi murders], and I…
The Syria peace talks, never substantial, are evaporating. The chief negotiator for the opposition has quit. The Russians and the…
The Iran nuclear deal: Prelude to proliferation in the Middle East? | Tuesday, May 31st | 9:30-11:00 | Brookings |…
I have added just a little to what I said last year on Memorial Day, which in the US is…
President Obama's remarks at Hiroshima yesterday are worth reading: Seventy-one years ago, on a bright, cloudless morning, death fell from…
The Obama Administration has been desperately trying to counter any suggestion that the President's visit to Hiroshima today represented an…
As the Iraqi government launches its effort to recover Fallujah from the Islamic State (ISIS), it behooves us to ask…