US policy
Iranians Plead on Social Media for U.S. Intervention Now, Not Next Week, Which They Warn May Be Too Late
The past Two Weeks of Protests Have Confirmed the Group Has No Backing or Legitimacy Among Ordinary Iranians
One of the Largest Gatherings Was in the Shi’ite Holy City of Mashhad, Where Some Estimated the Crowd at a Million People
The Available Choices in Lebanon Are That Hezbollah Will Be Permitted to Gradually Re-Arm, or That Israel Will Prevent It from Doing So
Appeasing Somali Irredentists Today Will Mean a Far Broader War Tomorrow, One That Could Involve Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya
Permitting the Saudis to Impose the Muslim Brotherhood on Southern Yemen Opens the Door to an Al Qaeda Faction and Houthi Weapons Smuggling
From the Israeli and Jewish Point of View, the Emergence of This State of Affairs Isn’t So Bad
There May Be No Inexpensive or Low-Risk Way for a Foreign Power to Engineer a Smooth Political Transition in a Volatile Country
It Is One Thing to Bomb Unarmed Kurdish Farmers—It Is Another to Face U.S. Special Forces
Trump’s Show of Resolve in Venezuela Should Make Khamenei Reticent to Push His Luck Too Far with Violence Against Iran’s Protesters
In 2017, the U.S. Froze Maduro’s Assets in U.S. Jurisdictions and Barred Americans from Transacting with Him—a Rare Rebuke
For the First Time, Iranians Are Not Protesting to Demand Reforms but Are Openly Calling for the End of the Islamic Republic Itself
Cyprus Is a Predictable Partner That Can Anchor Cooperation Across the Eastern Mediterranean
Somaliland Is a Successful Role Model for Democracy and a Free Market Economy in the Horn of Africa
The West Should Give an Ultimatum to the IRGC and Cabinet Members: Leave Iran and Turn Yourself Into Foreign Embassies Abroad
The Saudi Bombing of Anti-Houthi Forces Should Cause a Fundamental Reassessment of U.S. Policy
American Diplomats Staying Outside of Yemen Cannot Demand Thar Yemeni Officials Base Themselves in the Country They Claim to Serve
The Islamic Republic’s Cruelty and Commitment to Staying in Power Against Defenseless Iranians Make Foreign Assistance Necessary
The Decision to Bomb Southern Yemen Forces Suggests the Saudi Crown Prince Is Backsliding to a Pre-September 11, 2001, Saudi Posture
Trump Criticized the Widespread Somali Fraud Scheme Affecting Minnesota’s Social Services, but Somali Culture Is Not Somaliland’s