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Gaza and the Revolt in U.S. Colleges

As students around the United States and Europe protest, the relationship of Western elites with Israel is being redefined.

· April 30, 2024
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Defending Israel, but not Kurdistan?

When U.S. Patriots shot down an Iranian missile over Erbil on April 15, Kurds wondered why such defenses weren’t activated when they were attacked.

  • Wladimir van Wilgenburg
· April 25, 2024
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Humanizing, Not Sanitizing, Saddam

In an interview, author Steve Coll discusses his latest book on the quarter-century minuet between the United States and the late Iraqi leader.

· April 16, 2024
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America’s Detrimental Policy Bubble

President Joe Biden initially reacted to the October 7 attacks through a domestic American prism, and now he’s paying the price.

· March 28, 2024
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Partners in Crime?

America can stop the carnage and famine in Gaza, but has not done so. Surely, this makes it complicit in the mass killings there.

· March 5, 2024
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Getting Out of Gaza?

Both Israel and the United States have issued confident statements on the war, but neither seems to have a political endgame in mind.

· November 27, 2023