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The continuing influence of Syria, which has been reflected in the recent power struggles in Lebanon, clearly demonstrates that U

The issue of whither U.S. relations with China is an important test case for observing the divide between the

What does Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) have in common with national security hawks at the country's leading right

Predictably, the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq is being marked with zeal by national media and

Conservative acquiescence in the firing of Gen. Stanley McChrystal appears to be a surprising commitment to the principle of civilian

The United Nations has once again turn into a battleground between the United States and Iran, which are experiencing one

What's Fred Thompson got that Rudy and "Straight Talk" John don't? For those excited about his

Neocon stalwart Elliott Abrams prides himself on having a passion for democracy and human rights even as he has brazenly

While U.S. President George W. Bush appeared last week to reject suggestions that Washington directly engage the government of

Had Washington made an effort after the last time President Trump promised to quit Syria to pursue diplomatic and military

As the Iran nuclear talks enter the final stretch, there are five main things to watch out for from those

"Let us state the obvious," wrote Reuel Marc Gerecht, the resident Gulf specialist at the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute in

Strategies aimed at perpetuating U.S. global supremacy are destined to result in “imperial overstretch,” a reality that can only

Prominent neoconservative Richard Perle has notably been missing from the Iran deal debate, with some inside sources saying he has

As the United States enters the second spring of the Trump era, it’s creeping ever closer to more war

Trump is not the problem. Think of him instead as a summons to address the real problem, which in a

The steep reversal of financial fortune for one of the most generous donors to hawkish causes could likely impact the

The U.S. presidential election campaign has done more to set back U.S. foreign relations and the cause of

In September, a network of hawks from the Christian Right to the neocons held a conference aimed at raising alarm

If, as reported, KT McFarland was allowed to choose John Bolton as her boss at the National Security Agency, it

We need a peaceful international environment to rebuild our country. To achieve this, we must erase our strategy deficit. To

Robert E. Hunter, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, was director of Middle East Affairs on the National Security Council

While White House is trying to reassure its anti-war base that the U.S. military role in Iraq is

Two weeks ago Donald Trump signalled that he wanted to get U.S. troops out of Syria. Then last week

This past June, the Israeli Embassy in Washington held a reception for several high-powered leaders of the Christian right

For the past few decades the vast majority of private security companies like Blackwater and DynCorp operating internationally have come

This summer, the immigration debate in the United States has heated up as conservatives of all tendencies-social conservatives, neoconservatives

The prospects of Benjamin Netanyahu continuing as Israel’s prime minister are growing dim. But for those of us outside

Donald Trump's absurd claim that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama "founded" ISIS is not the only conspiracy theory about

Lobelog We walked in a single file. Not because it

The State of the Union Address and Bush's second Inaugural Address focused U.S. and international attention on Natan

During his first term in office, President Obama’s foreign policies fell far short of meeting the hopes of progressives

The extraordinary events of January 2011 in Egypt should prove one point for good: Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative

The U.S. track record of using military force in the Middle East has tended to make things worse rather

They are the glue that binds American conservatism—in all its flavors: neoconservative, libertarian, evangelical, triumphalist—into an

Critics of the Iran nuclear negotiations fail to see that any potential agreement was always going to be a compromise

Recent efforts by right-wing groups and individuals to hype the purported threat to the United States posed by shariah

The Obama administration’s draft Authorization for Use Military Force (AUMF) against ISIS is dangerously broad and risks U.S

War with Iran remains a very real possibility. Citizens and members of Congress need to be fully aware of the

Although he has developed a reputation for ideological flexibility, Mitt Romney’s campaign rhetoric on foreign policy seems calibrated to

In putting together his long-awaited new strategy on Iraq, President George W. Bush relied heavily on the counsel of

American attitude and assumptions towards the Middle East, and thus U.S. foreign policies, have been weighed down by accumulating

Two groups in Britain urge foreign policies that reflect key aspects of the American neoconservative agenda. One group has even

[Editor's Note: On August 14, 2006, the New Yorker posted on its website "Watching Lebanon" by Seymour Hersh, in

Netanyahu’s attempt to punch holes in a prospective nuclear deal as well as define a morning-after narrative regarding

Europe can play an important role in rebuilding confidence in the non-proliferation regime in the wake of the demise

New NSA John Bolton represents an existential threat to the Iran nuclear deal and any hopes for peace in the

Everything that opponents of the Iran deal claim to worry about would be far worse without a deal

The same calculus that brought Iran and world powers to make a deal and has led remaining JCPOA signatories to

There is a growing consensus among the U.S. foreign policy elite that the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict is the result

North Korea and Israel have a lot in common, but partly as a result of U.S. policy towards them

The Jewish Communal Fund, which claims to direct donor funds to purposes that serve the “interests of the Jewish community

Jewish support in Congress for the Iran nuclear deal shows once again that that there is no Jewish monolith that

There is little reason to think the recently revived Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations will result in success. Weakened leaders, growing

Sen. Joseph Lieberman's (I-CT) recent call for air-strikes against Iran appears to be the culmination of a

For all of its faults, the Obama administration was acutely aware of the limits to the use of American military

The surprise landside victory of Iranian moderate Hassan Rouhani restored the faith of many Iranians in their electoral system, but

As the George W. Bush administration struggles through its last two years in office, it appears that the agenda of

The Trump administration’s claims about purported Iranian threats have been repeated by credulous reporters and TV news programs far

When will Mike Pompeo realize that his ideological proclivities against Iran and disregard for people’s desire to live freely

Osama bin Laden surely died happy. He devoted the last third of his life to creating animosity between the West

The Trumpian new regional order in the Middle East is predicated on strongman rule, disregard for human rights, Sunni primacy

On-going crises in the Middle East, ranging from the Israel-Palestinian conflict to the war in Syria and Iraq

U.S. and Israeli hopes of forging a Sunni Arab alliance to contain Iran and its regional allies may be

First, a flashback: On February 11, 1985, President Ronald Reagan welcomed Saudi Arabian King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz during a

As pressure mounts to arm rebels in Syria, there is need for a sober assessment of the costs and consequences

While ISIS is a significant security problem in the Middle East, it is a problem distinct from countering terrorist threats

In the wake of the Paris attacks, prominent neoconservative Max Boot has breathlessly called for the United States to unilaterally

One night in 1979, bombs dropped from the sky, killing 16 members of Ismail’s family

While an in increasing number of Democratic and Republican legislators oppose the Bush administration's plan to “surge&rdquo

(Inter Press Service) The administration of President George W. Bush continues to expand government secrecy across a broad array of

Donald Trump was one of the many bets the Russians routinely place, recognizing that while most such bets will never

Despite vocal efforts by some foreign policy hawks to view the war on drugs as an extension of the war

(Return to the original article, Baghdad and Beyond, available online at rightweb.irc-online.org/rw/764.). Bruce Jackson, of

The neocons are largely united over Iran policy, which they say should have three pillars: avoid diplomacy, which they call

Just as a flicker of hope emerged to bring back elected civilian rule to Pakistan, the ideological warriors of neoconservatism

With their strategic goals discredited and their influence in policy circles on the wane, neoconservatives are making savvy use of

One of the major achievements of the neoconservatives over the past two decades has been to integrate the missionary impulses

After years of bitter rivalry, the Saudis and the Iranians are considering how they can dial down their mutual animosity

*This article was updated and corrected on August 17, 2007. Five years after U.S.-funded groups were associated with

Despite the White House spin that the new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) supports its policy of increasing pressure on Iran

The scandal surrounding the NSA’s surveillance of U.S. allies is the latest evidence that the United States has

The vehement attacks against President Obama’s arms control initiatives reveal the extent to which the militarist extreme in the

There is still a stunning lack of oversight and accountability over private military contractors, who the U.S. military has

There is no significant anti-war movement in America because there’s no war to protest

Anders Behring Breivik’s hateful rhetoric is part of a larger right-wing trend demonizing Islam. This kind of discourse

The Pentagon has officially announced that that "long war" against terrorism is drawing to a close — even as many counterinsurgency

Genuine reform of the Pentagon’s budget is urgently needed, but Secretary of Defense Esper’s claims aboutmaking reforms to

After close to eight years during which the relationship between the United States and much of the international community has

When asked about “confidence in the U.S. president to do the right thing in world affairs,” 22 percent of

On May 24, Congress gave overwhelming approval to the Supplemental Appropriations Bill, which approves about $100 billion to fight the

The recently released staff report on Iran issued by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee and the new National Intelligence

A recent resolution passed by the European Parliament promoting renewed engagement between Iran and the EU has angered Iran because

The unethical blurring of private interests and public business, which increasingly involves U.S. foreign policy, is a hallmark of

Will Trump's new national security adviser H.R. McMaster counsel caution with respect to Iran or advocate an ill

President George W. Bush's plan to "surge" more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops into Iraq without any

Although Iraq’s Sunnis have a multitude of legitimate grievances against Shia Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, much of

“Trump’s shambolic presidency somehow seems less unsavory" when considering the fact that his critics refuse “to admit how massively

From a territorial perspective the Security Council resolution 2334, stating that Israel′s settlement activity constitutes a "flagrant violation" of

Right-wing supporters of Israel have countered complaints about the influence of the “Israel Lobby” by conjuring a multifarious boogeyman

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main reason for staking out such a hardline on Iran is less about controlling

Robert Gates left the Pentagon as one of most important Defense secretaries in decades

Until late October 2007, the accepted explanation about the September 6 Israeli airstrike in Syria, constructed in a series of

When Americans ponder why the rest of the world regards it with less respect, they could turn to the recent

We meet here during a crucial period in the history of [the United States], and of the civilized world. Part

When President George W. Bush announced the formation of a military command for Africa (AFRICOM) this past February, it came

The makers of a new anti-Argentine government documentary on the death of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman have ties to

(This is the third article in the Chronicle of the New American Century series written by Tom Barry for the

Summary: Shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, an influential, neoconservative-led pressure group called the

Elliott Abrams, a figure from the Ronald Reagan-era Iran-Contra scandal who describes himself as a "neo-conservative and

In their attempts to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program over the years, the United States and Israel utilized illegal methods

Tunisia, Egypt, now Libya. Each of these revolutions have occurred under the watchful eye of the House of Saud, which

Just as President Obama began to renew pressure on Israel to freeze the expansion of settlements in Palestinian territories, leading

(Inter Press Service) It was neoconservative pundit Charles Krauthammer who, in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse, inaugurated

Across the globe, nonviolent movements for peace and demilitarization are showing results

September 15, 2007 is the deadline for the George W. Bush administration to submit a report to Congress defending its

America’s inexhaustible capacity for interfering in far-flung places may not be a sign of a dynamic civilization, but

Israel’s recent escalation of armed attacks across the Middle East is in large part designed to provoke Iranian retaliation

There is an old Jewish story about a man who lives in a very small house with his wife, many

A notion is gradually taking hold among some U.S. hardliners that is bound to make the Bush administration acutely

Although John Bolton is out, his bellicose worldview remains the basic operating system of the Trump administration

A small but growing group of former drone pilots is joining the campaign against the use of drones

Hyping threats from Russia, China, and the rest of the world, U.S. foreign policy hawks are crafting a confrontational

The Obama administration wants to cut several outdated defense items not so that it can balance the budget or expand

A recent vote in the European Parliament shows how President Trump's relentless hostility to Iran is likely to isolate

With the demise of the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, activists and academics are considering alternatives to the elusive

The United States has shaped its policy toward the evolving situation in the Middle East according to the Chinese proverb

Though the Bush administration has repeatedly emphasized its desire for democratization and regime change in Iran, there are serious questions

Though slow to assert itself internationally, China is already surpassing the United States as the world’s preeminent economic power

The new US administration is continuing a state of war that has existed for 16 years

There is a clear correlation between state secrecy and the rule of law—as one grows, the other surely shrinks

The U.S. bears enormous responsibility for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and needs to do less, in terms of its

Neoconservatives and their allies in the military-industrial complex and fossil fuel industry have seized upon the prospect of a

The real danger of propaganda, whether in the United States or elsewhere, comes when you start believing your own spin

The George W. Bush administration has long pushed the “laptop documents”—1,000 pages of technical documents

U.S. foreign policy is becoming increasingly dominated by the Pentagon rather than the State Department, and Congress is doing

A video calling for unspecified parties to set a “red line” for Iran’s nuclear program has gone viral thanks

In its report on GOP mega-donor Paul Singer's financial support for gay rights causes, the Washington Post neglected

Division in the ranks of the conservative movement is a critical sign that a war with Iran isn't inevitable

Vice President Dick Cheney and his neoconservative allies in the George W. Bush administration only began agitating for the use

A recent open letter by the hawkish Washington Institute for Near East Policy about the Iran nuclear negotiations was signed

A recent "open-letter" to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and signed by a diverse group of U.S. foreign

Hillary Clinton’s impassioned defense of a no-fly zone in Syria last Wednesday may not have won her many

Both in and out of government, there is insufficient “thinking about the thinkable” and no replication of the strategic analyses

A band of neoconservative pundits with close ties to Israel have mounted a campaign against American scholars who study the

Despite the Obama administration’s claims to the contrary, the U.S.-supported, Saudi-led attack on Yemen has made

With its opposition to an elevated diplomatic recognition for Palestine, Netanyahu’s government is signaling its opposition not just to

President Trump is a very powerful boat with no rudder. Unfortunately, John Bolton is now his rudder. Which effectively means

In the wake of the congressional hearings earlier this month featuring Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker, during which

With Libyan forces seeming to have the upper hand, time is running out on whether and when the United States

The first meeting between Iran and the world's major powers in more than a year ended with little to

These days, conventional wisdom in Washington, DC holds that the Iraq War has been lost, that the Bush Doctrine of

Establishing Iranian trust of U.S. motives will be key to negotiating timelines for sanctions relief and guidelines for future

Reports earlier this month that President Barack Obama may present a comprehensive U.S. peace plan for resolving the longstanding

With John Roberts seemingly a shoo-in for the Supreme Court, Republicans can hardly be blamed for their excitement on

Rep. Tom Tancredo, the leading voice of the immigration restrictionist movement, believes that the United States should wall in our

Rep. Tom Tancredo, who has represented Colorado's Sixth District since 1999, has in the last six years succeeded in

To bolster the president’s arguments for cutting back immigration, the administration recently released a fear-mongering report about future

AIPAC and the "Israel lobby" suffered a heavy blow with its defeat over new Iran sanctions, but the legislation will

Donald Trump’s national security adviser has expressed contradictory opinions about the former Soviet Union, making it difficult to assess

As Iran meets with international negotiators in Vienna, some of the thorniest questions from the nuclear saga will be on

As President George W. Bush seeks to deeply entrench U.S. military forces in Iraq, the Congress and foreign policy

A new book argues that President Harry Truman, the U.S. president who first recognized the state of Israel, was

The Iran deal is beneficial to Israeli security. Without an Iranian nuclear weapon, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have no incentive

Because of his seeming lack of knowledge about the region and disinterest in the complex factors that underpin its endemic

Trump's deputy national security advisor Kathleen McFarland has a history of making wildly conspiratorial claims about China leveraging its

Not only is Monica Crowley, Donald Trump's pick to head communications for the National Security Council, the subject of

Reports the the United States plans ti impose new sanctions on "Iranian entities" appears to indicate the the start of

Although the Comey memo scandal may well turn out to be what brings Trump down, this breach of trust may

Reacting to Donald Trump's election victory, one Israeli official said that it represented "an opportunity for Israel to immediately

The assassination of Qassem Soleimani reveals that what threatens the Trump administration is not war with Iran. It’s peace

Donald Trump's response to the UN resolution regarding Israeli settlements should cause deep dismay as it constituted an attempt

Backing away from US global responsibilities, shared with other countries, would require not just that President Trump use the powers

Trump has exhibited a general preference for authoritarians over democrats, and that preference already has had impact on his foreign

(Lobelog) President Trump said this week that he may have to

With Bolton and Pompeo by his side and Mattis departed, Trump may well go with his gut and attack Iran

  Lobelog   President Trump’s decision to violate and withdraw from

On Oct. 27, 2016, the UN adopted a resolution to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapon

Donald Trump evokes a similar kind of populism as former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The President went to the region as a deal maker and a salesman for American weapon manufacturing. He talked about

The world according to Trump: The American economy has tanked. Mexico has sent a horde of criminals over the border

While Sheldon Adelson may have gotten his wish to have the U.S. embassy moved to Jerusalem, he still hasn

This is the cartoon that the international edition of the New York Times should have run, at least as regards

Effective alliances require that powerful states shoulder a far larger share of the alliance maintenance costs than other states, a

Just as the “bogeyman” of the Mexican rapist and drug dealer is used to justify the Wall and mass immigration

President Trump's announcement that he would recognise Israeli sovereignty over the western part of the Golan Heights destroys the

Are new U.S. sanctions designed to produce a "better" Iran nuclear deal or to justify going to war

President Trump reporteldy has spent a considerable amount of time advocating a U.S. invasion of Venezuela. If Trump and

Although the mainstream media narrative about Trump’s Russia ties has been fairly linear, in reality the situation appears to

Reagan’s military buildup had little justification, though the military was rebuilding after the Vietnam disaster. Today, there is almost

As Donald Trump’s national security team begins to take shape, it’s becoming clear that Trump indeed has a

The contradictions in Donald Trump’s foreign policy create opportunities for both rivals and long-standing (if irritated) US allies

Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with Donald Trump was overshadowed by unsettling events that preceded and followed their bizarre press conference

The United Against Nuclear Iran, a controversial U.S. pressure group that reportedly receives funding from Saudi Arabia and UAE

(Lobelog) In recent years there has been remarkable upheaval between

Increasingly, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are positioned as rivals, each with pretensions to Middle Eastern influence or even hegemony. It

Recent gains by rebellious Syrian Kurds have unnerved the Turkish government and media

Turkey has endeavored to make itself a central player in the unfolding Middle East upheaval, leading one observer to comment

U.S. supporters of Israel are in a bind: public opinion is changing; there are more actors publicly challenging Israel

With key members of the "Israel Lobby" acknowledging the importance of providing a broader space to Israel’s critics, the

Can the Muslim Brotherhood be a partner in a democratic Egypt? Not according to neoconservatives and other Middle East hawks

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was more explicit than usual last Sunday, asserting that Israel's settlement activity

In the wake of an International Day of Peace marred by reports of violent riots from across the Islamic world

A UN investigation into the Assad regime's alleged sarin attack outside Damascus suggests that fewer people were affected than

As the flow of refugees into Europe continues to rise, migrants have found themselves facing increasingly hostile and degrading conditions

In the wake of the Newtown shooting, UN negotiators are gathering for one last push for a strong treaty to

With the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia toppled and rebellions raging from Libya to Yemen, U.S. officials and NGOs

Amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula and a brewing dispute over Chinese hacking, the Pentagon insists that the Obama

The Obama administration has suggested that it will press Iran on halting its ballistic missile program, adopting a key Israeli

Advocates of cutting U.S. aid to Israel rather than using it as leverage must understand how this aid works

President Obama’s anti-ISIL strategy is drawing growing skepticism amid ISIL gains against the Kurds in the Syrian town

Most of the $1.3 billion in annual U.S. "aid" to Egypt goes directly to U.S.-based military

When the United States sells state-of-the-art weapons systems to Arab nations, it invariably provides even more lethal

Despite repeated insistences that it urged Israel to reduce civilian casualties, the U.S. government has systematically played down Israeli

As it did in Vietnam, the United States has strenuously sought to blame others for the mess it created by

Despite earlier saying that an attack on Syria would require authorization by the UN Security Council, the Obama administration has

Despite clear evidence that the United States is holding prisoners without charge or possibility of trial at Guantanamo, an official

Although it harshly condemned Egypt's horrific crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood supporters, Washington has indicated that it will continue to

Both houses of Congress approved a sweeping unilateral sanctions package again Iran this week that raises to a new level

As the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to back Israel in the event of a unilateral Israeli attack on Iran

(Inter Press Service) Just days after the outbreak of war between Russia and Georgia, the debate in Washington over how

The United States continues to lead the world in defence spending, according to a new report by the Centre for

The United States is pushing back against a controversial claim by the Israeli Defense Minister that the U.S. now

Bashar al-Assad’s government struggles to cope with growing protests as the State Department denies any involvement in the

As it slowly extracts ground troops from Afghanistan, the Obama administration is escalating the drone war in Yemen

The Obama administration announced that it would immediately cut U.S. funding for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Neoconservatives are looking to ramp up sanctions on Iran—and to make sure they hit China

Familiar Iraq war boosters have seized on the alleged Iranian plot against the Saudi ambassador to the United States to

A familiar cast of neoconservatives is blaming Russia's intervention in Ukraine on the Obama administration

The latest national threat assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies suggests a greater threat to the United States from "cyber

Tehran seems convinced that nuclear non-compliance and regional escalation are more fruitful than compliance and restraint in the face

If the alleged Iran plot to assassinate the Saudi U.S. ambassador is genuine, it may have been part of

A recent report by several Washington-based policy groups reveals growing disenchantment with the Obama administration’s lack of effort

The suspension of U.S. military aid to Lebanon after that country’s recent border skirmish with Israel could lead

A similar cast of neocons and hardliners who pushed for U.S. military intervention in Iraq and Libya is pressing

Eighty-one percent of U.S. citizens say the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has hurt their country's interests, according to

A new poll shows considerable U.S. support for cooperative international engagement, but not for unilateral military adventures

Disillusioned by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. public is becoming increasingly comfortable with a more modest and

Despite strong support for diplomatic engagement with Iran, most U.S. citizens believe such efforts will ultimately fail

A recent poll reveals widespread U.S. support for various UN agencies—including UNESCO, which the U.S. has withheld

While some foreign policy elites have lamented the creeping "isolationism" supposedly reflected in the growing public opposition to U.S

The United States appears to have dropped a key Israeli demand that Iran 'confess' to past nuclear weapons research—which

Mitt Romney’s first major foreign policy address was light on specifics, but heavy on American exceptionalism and neoconservative talking

The Senate’s swift passage of new Iran sanctions reveals an administration losing control of even its own party in

Did the United States really catch Iran trying to conceal its "secret" nuclear facility

In a move certain to ratchet up already high tensions with Iran, the Obama administration has announced that it will

An array of policy experts are urging the Obama administration to press the Bahraini royal family to make genuine compromises

In an effort to put pressure on Iran, the Obama administration has revived the false Bush administration claim that Tehran

U.S. hints at peace talks with the Taliban are designed to isolate the group from its Pakistani patron—but

A report by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has concluded that the U.S. wasted billions

Even as anti-American hardliners rally in Tehran and hawkish U.S. lawmakers peddle new sanctions legislation against Iran in

On Norouz, the day when Iranians celebrate the coming of spring and the new Iranian calendar year, President Barack Obama

The inclusion of an Israeli and western demand that Iran close its Fordow nuclear facility could be a “poison pill

A likely Likud-led coalition government in Israel will likely find itself at loggerheads with an Obama administration intent on

Brinkmanship over the crisis in Crimea could lead to rollbacks in arms control agreements between the United States and Russia

Some analysts worry that the United States and Russia could use the dustup over whistleblower Edward Snowden as a pretext

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remains vulnerable, but a fractured armed opposition and polarized geopolitics mean that he's unlikely

Repression of all stripes has increased in Bahrain despite the government’s promises to reform, leaving some U.S. officials

A new book by analyzes the Obama administration’s truncated attempt to engage Iran, documenting failures by both sides to

In their addresses to the UN General Assembly, U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani each indicated

A new report by a bipartisan cast of former military and intelligence officials argues authoritatively that a U.S. or

The influence of the International Criminal Court has grown steadily over the years, but the organization remains hampered by opposition

Over the objections of Russia and China, the United States, the UK, and France have been circulating a letter among

The Middle East stole the show at the last debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama

The Middle East stole the show at the last debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama

While many realists in Washington support U.S. cooperation with Iran and even Syria to roll back gains made by

The stridently anti-deal United Against Nuclear Iran and its president Gary Samore have parted ways after Samore came out

Over the opposition of a tiny group of recalcitrant states as well as lobbies like the NRA, the UN General

Apparently in response mounting pressure from hawks, the Obama administration is moving toward a harder line on Iran

A former CIA officer says it’s time for the Obama administration to stop turning a blind eye to atrocities

A recent Congressional Research Service report on Iran is misleading in two important respects—concerning Iran’s development of ballistic

A new study published by an institute led by former Republican official James Baker argues that the Obama administration needs

(Inter Press Service) Security has collapsed again in Fallujah, Iraq, despite U.S. military claims. Local militias supported by U

With the United States withholding nearly one-third of the funding for the UN Palestinian refugee aid agency, UNRWA appeals

House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) unilateral invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress has served above all else

Obama’s decision to airdrop new weapons and supplies to Kurdish fighters in the besieged town of Kobani has been

Significant numbers of military combat operations across the globe are being outsourced to the private sector with little accountability, including

Some analysts believe that the U.S. decision to arm "moderate" elements of Syria's opposition forces is more likely

While neoconservatives in the U.S. are itching to get into the fight against Gaddafi, the United States and its

The Obama administration now must add Bahrain to its political balancing act as it copes with unprecedented turmoil in North

Washington is responding to the violent crackdown on Syrian protests continues with ever harsher rhetoric

The Obama administration has reportedly taken its first steps toward a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan by exploring the possibility of

Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik’s numerous citations of right-wing Islamophobes in his manifesto have prompted furious denials of

American Jewish support of President Obama's performance may be on the wane while their attitudes towards Iran may be

To service the war the Afghanistan, the Obama administration has provided six times more on military aid for the mostly

Syria has escalated its violence against anti-regime protesters, prompting the Obama administration to inch closer to calling for Bashar

Barack Obama’s push for nuclear disarmament has slowed considerably since the ratification of New START, and the United States

A neoconservative think tank appears to have held a fundraiser at the residence of Pakistan's ambassador without telling the

The longstanding U.S. policy of not engaging Iran and working to contain its influence in the Middle East has

The United States has virtually legitimized the use of banned cluster bombs by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen

The Obama administration is preparing a new batch of sanctions against Iran to be announced in advance of upcoming nuclear

WASHINGTON - While most of the world is still trying to come to terms with the neo-imperial ambitions of the

A new report by the influential Council on Foreign Relations urges Washington to develop a stronger strategic partnership with Turkey

The Obama administration’s decision to transfer nuclear fuel to Israel represents an end run around the Non-Proliferation Treaty

George W. Bush and Barack Obama both sought to convince former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s to keep

A U.N. Security Council resolution calling for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied territories failed to be adopted

The United States, in the face of global opposition, looks likely to veto a possible UN resolution recognizing Palestine as

Barack Obama for the first time said “the time has come” for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down

Will the lengthy and intrusive vetting process for nominees hamper the Obama’s administration ability to confront a number

Benjamin Netanyahu has won another term as Israel’s prime minister even as his support base seems more tenuous than

Many of the most egregious violators of international law are not rogue dictatorships but developed democracies like the United States

U.S. and UK forces in Afghanistan’s Helmand province are working to bring back the provincial police. But there

Some Israelis fear that Barack Obama is the second coming of Charles de Gaulle—a leader of a powerful global

The Washington Post's designated "fact checker" misrepresented important context—and quoted observers who were hardly disinterested—in a recent

Domestic troubles, declining popularity, and a decidedly hawkish anti-Iran foreign policy team may combine to make the perfect storm

Contrary to popular opinion, the Corker-Kaine bill, ostensibly aimed at reining in executive authority to wage war, would rubber

By holding military exercises on China's doorstep—and within range of Norht Korea—the United States is playing with

As nuclear talks between Iran and world powers are extended, hawkish elements in Washington are ramping up their efforts to

The Arab Spring is spurring some neoconservatives to dust off their theories about how Iran’s “Green Movement” would benefit

While official Washington has greeted the election of Hassan Rouhani—the Iranian moderate slated to become the country's next

Many of the best armed Syrian rebel groups—and therefore the most likely to wield influence in a post-Assad

Within days of the 9/11 attacks, the Bush administration announced a “war on terror,” which included launching an air

Saudi Arabia spends millions of dollars a year on lobbyists and PR firms to improve its image in Washington

At the same time that the United States vilifies North Korea and Iran for their nuclear programs, it remains silent

Armed insurrection is not the only way to bring down the Assad regime, and the strengthening of armed groups directly

Saudi Arabia, traditionally the linchpin of U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf, has increasingly distanced itself from Washington's

From spending $150 million on private villas for a handful of personnel in Afghanistan to blowing $2.7 billion on

Hundreds of military contractors have signed onto an agreement to regulate their conduct in overseas warzones, but critics warn that

More should be demanded of the 2016 presidential candidates than mindless bluster or vacuous pronouncements on the Middle East

The Weekly Standard and former Bush advisor Karl Rove have been pushing the argument that Guantanamo is not motivating terrorist

A Republican-controlled Senate could leave a huge imprint on President Obama’s foreign policy agenda during his last two

While the UN is seeking a step away from foreign interference in Libya, focusing on transforming the unofficial ceasefire into

The evidence used by hawks from the recent Wikileaks documents dump to push for attacking Iran isn’t all that

As the end of Donald Trump’s first 100 days as president approaches, it seems that his version of an

The Tikvah Fund, a foundation that works closely with neoconservative think tanks and media outlets, seeks to influence both academic

Hillary Clinton didn’t help to eliminate Iran’s nuclear weapons program because the nuclear negotiations weren’t about eliminating

Other than the cynical political interests in Moscow and Tehran, there is no conceivable rationale for wanting Bashar al-Assad

Iran and the P5+1 powers are finally negotiating instead of just talking

Contrary to popular opinion, President Trump is attacking Europe and siding with Russia for political — not just personal — reasons. If

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE are launching a full-fledged diplomatic assault against Qatar's support for the Muslim

A not-so-fine line exists between foreign support to foster democratization and the direct funding of a single political

White House officials have now admitted that George W. Bush was told that the intelligence assessment on a covert Iranian

Admiral William Fallon's request last week to resign from his position as head of U.S. Central Command (Centcom

Israel and many of its U.S. backers have blamed Iran for the attacks on Israeli diplomats in New Delhi

Illegal settlement growth continues in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem even as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meet

Long silent about government abuses in Bahrain, the Obama administration has lately responded to pressures to cajole the Gulf monarchy

The vice president gives a hostile assessment of Iran and the president links World War III to a nuclear Iran

The near simultaneous reappointment of a sacked Supreme Court judge and the signing of an agreement to allow Sharia courts

Last week’s diplomatic dance between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama did little more than to give the Israeli

The necessary elements of a nuclear deal between the West and Iran have long been clear: submission to inspections by

(Inter Press Service) Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has been elected U.S. president at a time when the number

One of the neoconservatives' lasting achievements was the construction of a new pillar of foreign policy—namely, democracy promotion

Tehran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, coupled with mounting threats from hawks in Israel and the United

The neoconservatives have repeatedly found themselves facing the discomforting reality that democratic change in the Middle East—which they have

U.S.-backed proximity talks between the Israelis and Palestinians are scheduled to begin just as a growing alignment of

As critics of George W. Bush’s foreign policy begin to count down the final days of his presidency

Neoconservatism is generally regarded as a distinctively American worldview that is characterized in part by a deep-seated belief in

A new investigation has shed light on the billionaire donors behind The Israel Project, a hawkish “pro-Israel” advocacy group

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) is a major recipient of funding from prominent hawkish donors and AIPAC-aligned political action

In what was at least a symbolic blow to President George W. Bush, a prominent Iraqi tribal sheikh and self

The people who are expected to have the biggest impact on Donald Trump's foreign policy collectively have no experience

U.S. foreign policy have been subordinated to a quest to dig up dirt on domestic political opponents

In a development that underlines the tensions between the anti-Iran agenda of the George W. Bush administration and the

The reported White House resistance to the conclusion of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that Iran had abandoned a nuclear

When the U.S. military command accused the Iranian Quds Force last January of providing the armor-piercing explosively formed

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s demand that Israel be recognized as a “Jewish state” is unprecedented in the history of

Siberia’s forbidden hinterlands have long been a source of friction between Russia and China. In recent years, the idea

Even as the Obama administration ramps up military engagement in Afghanistan, the motives for why the country went to war

Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the U.S., has released a new book vilifying President Obama and his

Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) surprise opposition to the Iran deal may due to the enormous pressure he has

China and Russia have staunchly resisted Western-backed UN resolutions against the Syrian regime, but they have proven unwilling to

The ceaseless efforts of U.S. allies Israel and Saudi Arabia to undermine the Iran nuclear negotiations may ultimately pay

A recent spate of high-casualty Islamic State-linked attacks has raised fears about the group’s ability to carry

In a recent editorial, the Washington Post tacitly endorsed Congress’ push for additional sanctions on Iran while failing to make

The claim by some Republican figures, including Colin Powell, that responsibility for the Iraq War lies with the intelligence community

Avowed interventionist Leon Wieseltier has written a piece lambasting the Iran nuclear deal that critics contend is rife with hollow

Days ahead of a highly anticipated summit between China and the United States, much attention is being given to leaked

The newly released Wikileaks document on Iraq provides fresh evidence that the U.S. war against Shi'a militias in

Leaked diplomatic cables reveal hazardous playing field for U.S. policy towards Iran and other regional actors

The Obama administration remains quiet on how Iran’s post-election crisis will affect U.S. plans to engage the

Chuck Hagel is no political progressive, but the former Nebraska senator does have a history of butting heads with neoconservatives

Tensions have been reaching near fevered pitch over Iran’s nuclear program as Israeli leaders and their supporters in the

Wracked by the devastation wrought in the violent aftermath of their own presidential election a year ago, Kenyans across the

A month-long effort to restore military-to-military ties between Washington and Beijing seems to have paid off as

GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor and his Democratic counterpart Steny Hoyer are engaged in talks to push a resolution for

War with Iran may not be imminent, but neither was war with Iraq in late 2001

Those in the United States who want to avoid war with Iran should take the early Trump appointments as a

One of the Arab world's most widely respected nongovernmental organizations is charging that at least 14 Middle East and

With Washington shut down and President Obama pulled away from trade negotiations in Asia, China is making an aggressive pitch

The Arab Spring has been a cause for celebration for the Arab Left, but regional considerations have impacted its view

Of the top five outside international appointments made by embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz during his nearly two-year

The “world’s democratic movement” is not another one of the transnational citizens’ movements, like the

U.S. policymakers worry that Israel might attack Iran without giving prior warning to Washington

When Congress slunk out of town early the morning of Saturday, December 9, it left behind a mixed record on

The United States has played an important, if somewhat uncomfortable, role in the Yemen War by supporting the Saudi-led

U.S. efforts to get Iran to play a 'constructive' role in Syria behind closed doors are undermined by its

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has reportedly disclosed a plan to international negotiators to prevent Iran from obtaining “breakout” nuclear

The Trump administration's irresponsible withdrawal from the landmark Iran nuclear agreement undermined Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

The one-time backer of neocon campaigns pushing U.S. military intervention in the Middle East, World Bank head Zoellick