On Iraq, the mainstream media did not ask the right questions until disaster was a reality. On Iran, those questions need to be asked now so that disaster can be avoided. Read more: Journalists, Obama Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran War, Iran War Hype, Reporters, Iran, Foreign Affairs, Journalism, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, [...]

‘You are not sick’ is the kind of reassuring message that Robert Kagan is sending to the nation’s foreign policy hypochondriacs aka ‘declinists’ in his new book, contending that America is in tip-top military and economic health and ready to take care of the rest of the world. Read more: Syria, Iran, George W. Bush, [...]

International forces need to make cultural sensitivity a priority in a mission focused on protecting civilians and addressing root causes through supporting governance and diplomacy, not waging war. Read more: Koran, US Military, Qu'ran, Isaf, US Foreign Policy, Military Mission, Afghanistan, Military Training, Koran Burning, Quran Burning, World News

Last week the Obama administration sent clear signals that it was planning to fold its tents in Afghanistan earlier than previously advertised. That set off a flurry of speculation as to why and whether we were giving up on the mission. Most of the talk is about how a retreat could be accomplished with credibility [...]

PYONGYANG, North Korea — A senior North Korean official dismissed concerns about Kim Jong Un’s readiness to lead, saying he spent years working … Read more: North Korea Leader, North Korea Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Un, Kim Jongun Foreign Policy, North Korea Politics, Kim Jong Un North Korea, Yang Hyong Sop, Kim Jong Il, [...]

The relationship between America and Iraq (and America and the world) depends not only on our nation’s actions, but also on the actions of our nation’s communities. Read more: Sister Cities, Citizen Diplomacy, Iraq War, Iraq, Najaf, Peace, Minneapolis, Reconciliation, Religion and Politics, Religion News Iraq news Military News Military Breaking News Military Family News [...]

Will America learn the lessons of our folly? Certainly not fully. For that requires the kind of dispassionate self examination of which we are incapable. Read more: Iraq, Iraq War, Iraq War Withdrawal, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Politics News Iraq news Military News Military Breaking News Military Family News Veterans News

President Barack Obama has taken his containment policy through partnership to a new level this week by crowning Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki as a strategic player in the Arab-Iranian-Turkish equation. Read more: Raghida, Maliki, Iran, Un, Iraq, Gcc, Iraq War, Dergham, Baghdad, Foreign Policy, World News Iraq news Military News Military Breaking News Military [...]

Two of the Democratic Party’s core institutions are challenging a bipartisan consensus on Israel and Palestine that has dominated American foreign policy for more than a decade.

Despite the Obama administration’s best efforts, U.S. troops are on their way home from Iraq. Only Iraqi opposition prevented American forces from garrisoning yet another nation forever. It is time to leave. Finally. Completely. Permanently. Read more: Neoconservatives, Iran, Saddam Hussein, Middle East, George W. Bush, Iraq, Terrorism, Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, World News Iraq [...]