The displacement of more than a million people in the middle of what is already a dire humanitarian crisis would be a massive crime in itself. The Israeli government is demanding that Palestinian civilians evacuate Gaza city. The U.N. and humanitarian...
The U.S. Reneges On Another Deal
The decision makes no sense on the merits, and it seems to be driven entirely by the administration’s desire to mollify hawkish critics that will never be satisfied by anything Biden does. The Washington Post reports that the Biden administration is apparently...
The US Can and Should Extricate Itself from the Middle East
Suzanne Maloney has conveniently discovered that a new war in the Middle East requires deeper U.S. involvement in the region: What has begun, almost inexorably, is the next war – one that will be bloody, costly, and agonizingly unpredictable in its course and outcome....
The Pitfalls of Biden’s Partnership Proliferation
Stephen Walt criticizes the Biden administration’s version of “Pactomania”: Even when states are united by a shared perception of threats, however, the ultimate value of the partnership depends in part on whether the members agree on a common strategy and are willing...
Don’t Be Distracted by Alarmism Over a Diversionary War
M. Taylor Fravel contends that the Chinese government isn’t likely to lash out militarily to distract from its domestic problems: Since 1949, China has frequently suffered from significant ethnic and political unrest and economic shocks. But virtually no leaders have...
It’s Time to End the Toxic US-Saudi Relationship
Human Rights Watch released a new report on how Saudi forces have been killing Ethiopian migrants by the hundreds and possibly even the thousands over the last year and a half: Saudi border guards have killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers...
Iran Hawks Are Terrified When Diplomacy Works
Eldar Mamedov responds to the hawkish screeching about the deal that the administration reached to get the Iranian government to free five American prisoners that it had been unjustly detaining: The outcry is clearly politically motivated, as it seeks to depict Biden...
Biden’s Push for a Bizarre, Bad Deal Continues
Biden’s bizarre and wrongheaded push for a deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia is getting a lot of coverage this week. The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal both published bigstories about it today, and the reports agree on the general outlines of the deal...
Don’t Put US Sailors and Marines on Commercial Ships
The Associated Press reports on a truly terrible idea that the Biden administration is considering: The US military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at...
Biden Should Not Pursue Saudi-Israeli Normalization
Tom Friedman oversells the significance of normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia:First, a U.S.-Saudi security pact that produces normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and the Jewish state – while curtailing Saudi-China relations – would be a game...
