U.S. Foreign Policy
Note: Because there was so much overlap between the two web pages, this page merges "U.S. Foreign Policy: Mideast" and "U.S. Foreign Policy: What has it been? What is it now? What should it be going forward?"
For the discussion on Wednesday, October 9, 2013:
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- Think about goals and means, strategy versus tactics
- List US interest and in the area:
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- Carter Doctrine and so on...
- Think about how important is US power? or influence?
- Where does the US have leverage? or influence?
- Consider the issue of embassy security.
Audio & Video Recordings:
- Iran Nuclear Deal: A Discussion (2015) with Sen. Angus King, former Sen. George Mitchell, and Ambassador Nicholas Burns, Aug 19, 2015
- "Is Obama's Iran Deal Good for America?," an Oxford-style debate on NPR, June 2, 2015
- "Perceptions are not reality: Things the world gets wrong," on Ipsos MORI, Oct 29, 2014
- "Project for the New American Century" on "Wikipedia.org" [undated]
- "Council on Foreign Relations" on "Wikipedia.org" [undated]
- "Trilateral Commission" on "Wikipedia.org" [undated]
- "Bilderberg Group" on "Wikipedia.org" [undated]
2018 Camden Conference on "New World Disorder and America’s Future" - selected speakers on Maine Public Radio:
- Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (Closing): “This Too Shall Pass”
- Cleo Pascale: “The 'Three Geos’ Reshaping Our World”
- Evan Medeiros: "Politics, Nationalism And Their Impact On U.S.-China Relations And China’s Role”
- Natalie Nougayrède: “Can Europe Hold The Fort?”
- Matthew Goodwin: "Open Versus Closed Europe? – The New Cultural Divide Within The European Union"
- Gerald Seib: “Nationalism and Populism In The U.S.: Their Impact On Foreign Policy”
- Stephen Walt (Keynote): “The Best Of Times Or The Worst Of Times?"
Websites:
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) - a coalition of non-government organizations in one hundred countries advocating for a strong and effective nuclear weapon ban treaty
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) - who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and
- secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation
- War on the Rocks - a platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content on foreign policy and national security issues to which Rebecca Davis Gibbons contributes
Articles:
Undated:
- "China's Maritime Disputes" on "Council on Foreign Relations" [undated]
- "Able Archer 83" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
Dated:
- "The Case for Détente With Russia and China" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 28, 2020
- "How Will US Foreign Policy Change If Trump Loses?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 20, 2020
- "The Death of Republican Foreign Policy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 14, 2020
- "Trump Doesn’t Have a Foreign Policy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 10, 2020
- "War in the Disinformation Era" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 10, 2020
- "MBZ’s Wealth of Ambition" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 10, 2020
- "A Report Card on the American Project: The 'Revolution of ’89' Reassessed" Andrew Bacevich on "TomDispatch," Jan 7, 2020
- "How to Prevent a War With Iran" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 7, 2020
- "Pompeo not (interested) in Kansas anymore" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 6, 2020
- "Pompeo's Arrogant Dismissal of Unintended Consequences" by Jennifer Rubin in "The Washington Post," Jan 5, 2020
- "The Pompeo Flop" by James Downie in "The Washington Post," Jan 5, 2020
- "When They Included Impeachment, the Founders Had Foreign Policy in Mind" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 25, 2019
- "Pompeo declines to defend his diplomats" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Nov 18, 2019
- "Is America’s Friendship for Sale?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2019
- "An Eastern Thaw" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2019
- "The Lesson of Syria: Too Many Allies?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2019
- "A ‘Fiasco’ in Syria?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2019
- "Is the Trade Deal Fake?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2019
- "Will Impeachment Change Trump’s Foreign Policy?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 3, 2019
- "Hunter Biden’s Perfectly Legal, Socially Acceptable Corruption" by Sarah Chayes in "The Atlantic," Sept 27, 2019
- "Trump’s Behavior Is Part of a Global Trend" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 27, 2019
- "Trump, Ukraine, and America’s Polarized Foreign Policy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 27, 2019
- "Giuliani pursued shadow Ukraine agenda as key foreign policy officials were sidelined" in "The Washington Post," Sept 24, 2019
- "What the Ukraine Scandal Means for Everyone Else" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 24, 2019
- "The Most Dangerous Moment of Trump’s Presidency" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 24, 2019
- "Responding to the Saudi Attacks: A Middle Road?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 24, 2019
- "Trump at the UN: Alone Again" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 23, 2019
- "The Return of Nukes" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 23, 2019
- "What the Saudi Attacks Reveal About the Middle East" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 18, 2019
- "...And About the United States" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 18, 20192019
- "Three takes on Bolton's ouster" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Sept 12, 2019
- "The Catastrophic Tenure of John Bolton" by Joseph Cirincione on "Lobe Log," Sept 11, 2019
- "Why the US Doesn’t Need a Strategy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 29, 2019
- "The Next Phase of Trump’s Foreign Policy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 9, 2019
- "Why American conservatism failed" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," July 4,2019
- "Pressure Without a Plan?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 2, 2019"
- "Why Bullying Isn’t Working In Foreign Policy" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019"Once Again Pompeo Displays Hopeless Ignorance of Sunni & Shiite, Iran and Taliban" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 16, 2019
- "All the President’s Threats" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 21, 2019
- "‘America First’ Means Global Instability" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 17, 2019
- "Bolton in Wonderland: Will his Iran Warmongering be too Much even for Trump?" by John Feffer on "Informed Comment," May 16, 2019
- "Bolton’s ‘Last Stand?’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 7, 2019
- "A Permanent Downfall for America?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 16, 2019
- "Interview with Mearsheimer" by Roberto Vivaldelli on "Lobe Log," March 22, 2019
- "How Bush’s War on Iraq Produced Trumpism, Instability, Refugees and Climate Catastrophe" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment,"b March 21, 2019
- "Intervention: Same Old, Same Old?" by Gordon Adams on "Lobe Log," Feb 12, 2019
- "Goodbye, INF Treaty. Hello, New Arms Race?" by Robert E. Hunter on "Lobe Log," Feb 7, 2019
- "Pompeo Speech Lays Out Vision for Mideast, Taking Shots at Obama" by Declan Walsh & David E. Sanger in "The New York Times," Jan 10, 2019
- "Dear Prudence" by Richard Fontaine on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 3, 2018
- "Are we at 'peak America'?" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 30, 2018
- "Trump in the 'G-Zero' world" by Fred Kaplan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 30, 2018
- "Stumbling Toward Armageddon" by Sergey Radchenko in "The New York Times," Oct 9, 2018
- "Trump Gives Dictators the Green Light" by Michelle Goldberg in "The New York Times," Oct 8, 2018
- "How is this a victory for America?" by Fared Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Sept 27, 2018
- "The unintended consequences of U.S. disengagement in the Middle East" by David Ignatius in "The Washington Post," Aug 14, 2018
- "Trump’s flip-flopping bluster comes at a staggering cost" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," July 26 2018
- "Entering a 1984 World, Trump-Style" by Michael T. Klare on "Lobe Log," July 24, 2018
- "Pompeo, Religion, and Regime Change in Iran" by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj on "Lobe Log," July 20, 2018
- "The Trump Doctrine Is Winning and the World Is Losing" by Kori Schake in "The New York Times," June 15, 2018
- "Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea and Iran: Let the Comparisons Begin" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," June 14, 2018
- "The Middle East in Trump’s Wake" by Emile Nakhleh on "Lobe Log," June 14, 2018
- "8 million teeter on the brink of famine. America is complicit." by the Editorial Board of "The Washington Post, June 13, 2018
- "Trumpism is creating a global power vacuum. Who will fill it?" by Robert J. Samuelson in "The Washington Post," June 13, 2018
- "After Trump’s G-7 summit fiasco, be afraid" by Jennifer Rubin in "The Washington Post," June 9, 2018
- "The Hidden Meaning of American Decline" by Alfred W. McCoy on "Lobe Log," May 25, 2018
- "Trump’s Destructive Policies in the Mideast" by Emile Nakhleh on "Lobe Log," May 23, 2018
- "How Pompeo’s 'Severest Sanctions' on Iran will Backfire" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 22, 2018
- "Bolton is the new Dr. Strangelove” by Richard Cohen in “The Washington Post,” May 21, 2018
- "Trump’s New, Confrontational Foreign Policy and the End of the Iran Deal" by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," May 21, 2018
- "The Danger of Process-Free Foreign Policy" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," May 14, 2018
- "Trump’s decision to blow up the Iran deal is a massive attack on Europe" by Carl Bildt in "The Washington Post," May 12, 2018
- "Trump has put America in the worst of all possible worlds" by Anne Applebaum in "The Washington Post," May 11, 2018
- "Trump Trashes Diplomacy, Opens Path to War with Iran" by William Hartung on "Lobe Log," May 9, 2018
- "Trump’s Dangerous Global Retreat" by Bret Stephens in "The New York Times," May 4, 2018
- "Let’s call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just 'Hawkish'” by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," March 23, 2018
- "Why is Pompeo Suddenly against Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," April 30, 2018
- "A Brief History of How America Came to Love Small Wars" by Max Fisher & Amanda Taub in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," April 18, 2018
- "Trump’s Art of the Deal Isn’t Working in Foreign Policy" by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," March 29, 2018
- "Let’s call Bolton what he is, a War Criminal with Terrorist Ties, not just 'Hawkish'” by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," March 23, 2018
- "Prepping for Pompeo" by Paul Salem on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 19, 2018
- "Pompeo’s Appointment Bodes Ill For The Middle East" by Emile Nakleh on "Lobe Log," March 19, 2018
- "Mike Pompeo Has a Crisis To Handle — Even Before the North Korea Summit" by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," March 17, 2018
- "Mike Pompeo's Allies on the Anti-Muslim Right" by Peter Bienart on "The Atlantic," March 15, 2018
- "Senate moves to end US engagement in Yemen conflict" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 12, 2018
- "The Privatization Of U.S. Foreign Policy" by Paul R. Pillar on "Lobe Log," Feb 25, 2018
- "Tillerson’s Turkey visit not a long-term fix" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Weekly Briefing," Feb 20, 2018
- "Jordan Threads The Needle Between Moscow And Washington" by Shehab Al-Makahleh & Maria Al-Makahleh on "Lobe Log," Feb 19, 2018
- "Trump: U.S. expenditures in Middle East have been ‘a mistake’" by Anne Gearan & Carol Morello in "The New York Times," Feb 12, 2018
- "Does Menendez Owe A Debt To Adelson And Trump?" by Eli Clifton on "Lobe Log," Feb 9, 2018
- "Who Is Containing Whom?" by Graham E. Fuller on "Lobe Log," Feb 7, 2018
- "Bacevich And Mearsheimer On Year One Of The Trump Administration" by Derek Davison on "Lobe Log," Jan 22, 2018
- "Year One in Donald Trump’s World" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Jan 20, 2018
- "Pence’s hopes for Middle East trip likely to crash into reality on the ground" by Jenna Johnson & Loveday Morris in "The Washington Post," Jan 19, 2018
- "Rare Glimpse Into Inner Workings Of American Empire In Middle East" by Edward Hunt on "Lobe Log," Jan 19, 2018
- "What If: An Alternative Strategy For 9/12/2001" by Danny Sjursen on "Lobe Log," Dec 19, 2017
- "Three Ways to Read Trump's National Security Strategy" by Eliot A. Cohen in "The Atlantic," Dec 18, 2017
- "There Was No Peace Process for Trump to Destroy" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Dec 8, 2017
- "Rex Tillerson, Visiting Europe, Gets Cold Shoulder" by Gardiner Harris in "The New York Times," Dec 5, 2017
- "U.S. moves toward open-ended presence in Syria after Islamic state is routed" by Karen DeYoung & Liz Sly in "The Washington Post," Nov 22, 2017
- "Tillerson’s Vanishing Act While the Middle East Is Burning" by Emile Nakhleh on "Lob Log," Nov 9, 2017
- "Washington Does Have a Clear Middle East Policy—It’s Just the Wrong One" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog.com," Nov 1, 2017
- "Trump may repeat a tragic history" by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," Oct 19, 2017
- "Germany: Immediate Danger of Mideast War if Trump dumps Iran Deal" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 13, 2017
- "U.S.-Turkey Relations Hit All-Time Low" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Weekly Briefing," Oct 10, 2017
- "What if We Gave Seven Wars and No Americans Noticed?" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "Informed Comment," Oct 9, 2017
- "Who Gets to Have a State?" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 9, 2017
- "Trump Embraces a Post-American World" by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," Sept 21, 2017
- "The country stuck between the US and China" by Karishma Vaswani on "BBC News," Aug 17, 2017
- "Slouching Toward Mar-a-Lago: The Post-Cold-War Consensus Collapses" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "tomdispatch.com," Aug 8, 2017
- "In Afghanistan, U.S. Exits, and Iran Comes In" by Carlotta Gall in"The New York Times," Aug 5, 2017
- "Iranian General to Tillerson: U.S. Has No Option but to Leave Region" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute: Iran Observed," Aug 2, 2017
- "Dire Consequences if Trump Pulls out of Iran Deal" by Mitchell Plitnick on "LobeLog Foreign Policy, July 31, 2017
- "Sanctions as Feckless Disapproval" by Paul Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy, July 31, 2017
- "The Desperation of Our Diplomats" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," July 28, 2017
- "Is France Ready to Stand Up to Trump on Iran?" by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 28, 2017
- "Say Hello to a Post-American World" by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," July 27, 2017
- "Was Emir Tamim’s Speech a Turning Point in the Qatar Crisis?" by Giorgio Cafiero on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 25, 2017
- "Trump Finds Reason for the U.S. to Remain in Afghanistan: Minerals" by Mark Landler & James Risen in "The New York Times," July 25, 2017
- "The Hidden Costs of 'National Security'” by William D. Hartung on "TomDispatch.com," July 25, 2017
- "The CIA is Entering a Danger Zone. Here's the Map" by David Ignatius in "The Washington Post," July 25, 2017
- "For China's Global Ambitions, 'Iran Is at the Center of Everything'" by Thomas Erdbrink in "The New York Times," July 25, 2017
- "U.S. Absent as Israel-Palestine Violence Escalates" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 24, 2017
- "Erdogan Visits Gulf to Resolve Crisis" by W. Robert Pearson on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 24, 2017
- "Al-Qaeda Takeover of Idlib Tests Turkey" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 24, 2017
- "U.S. Commitment to Iran Nuclear Deal Shaky" by Alex Vatanka on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 24, 2017
- "Trump Pulls the Plug in Syria" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 23, 2017
- The Demolition of U.S. Global Power" by Alfred W. McCoy on "Tom Dispatch," July 16, 2017
- "The History of Anti-Arab Sentiment Is Too Deep, the Pain Too Real" by James J. Zogby on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 16, 2017
- "Tillerson’s Frustrations" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 15, 2017
- "It’s Time for Washington and Riyadh to Defuse the War Hysteria" by Emile Nakhleh on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 8, 2017
- "New Revelations of the US in Iran" by Ervand Abrahamian on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 4, 2017
- "The Plummeting of U.S. Standing in the World" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 4, 2017
- "A Sign of Hope From Mr. Tillerson" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," June 30, 2017
- "With Provocative Moves, U.S. Risks Unraveling Gains With China" by Steven Lee Myers and Sui-Lee Wee in "The New York Times," June 30, 2017
- "How much of a threat does Russia pose, and to whom?" by Jonathan Marcus on "BBC News," June 29, 2017
- "Trump is China's Chump" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," June 28, 2017
- "Why it Matters that the World thinks US under Trump is Laughingstock" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 28, 2017
- "This is what foreign spies see when they read President Trump's tweets" by Nada Bakos in "The Washington Post," June 23, 2017
- "The United States is stumbling into another decade of war" by Fareed Zakaria on "The Washington Post," June 22, 2017
- "Iran: The Road to War?" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 22, 2017
- "Blundering Into Yet Another Middle East War" by Jim Lobe and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 21, 2017
- "U.S. and Iran-Russia-Assad Compete for Syria’s East" by Charles Lister on Middle East Institute's "Monday Briefing: Eastern Syria a Hotbed of Geopolitical Interests," June 19, 2017
- "Mattis overrules Trump on Qatari 'terrorism,' sells it $12 bn in F-15s" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 15, 2017
- "Is Trump Launching a New World Order?: The Petro-Powers vs. the Greens" by Michael T. Klare on "TomDispatch.com," June 11, 2017
- "Trump’s Destabilization of the Persian Gulf" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 9, 2017
- "Goodbye Pacific Pivot, Hello Pacific Retreat: Who Will Take America’s Place in Asia?" by John Feffer on "TomDispatch.com," June 1, 2017
- "Trump's United American Emirate" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," May 31, 2017
- "Only Putin is happy with Trump’s NATO Bull-in-China-Shop Catastrophe" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 26, 2017
- "Trump’s Riyadh Speech: Bowing to the Saudi Regime" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," May 23, 2017
- "Interpreters Say It’s Nearly ‘Impossible’ To Translate Donald Trump’s Rhetoric Into Other Languages" by Lila MacLellan on "HuffPost," Oct 27, 2016
- "What Obsessing About You-Know-Who Causes Us To Miss" by Andrew Bacevich on "LobeLog Foreign Policy, May 8, 2017
- "Straining to be Anti-Iran" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 23, 2017
- "Trump doesn’t know much about history. It’s making his on-the-job training harder." by James Hohmann in "The Washington Post," April 14, 2017
- "America's Dangerous Amnesia About World Order" by Francis J. Gavin on "BloombergView," April 13, 2017
- "Airstrikes in Search of a Strategy" by Paul Salem in "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," April 10, 2017
- "Tillerson in for Testy Meeting with Russians" by Randa Slim in "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," April 10, 2017
- "U.S Strike on Syria: Too Little, Too Late" by Charles Lister in "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," April 10, 2017
- "Inside North Korea: Forbidden photos taken inside Kim Jong-un's secretive state" by Michal Huniewicz in "The Telegraph," April 8, 2017
- "Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps" from "BBC News," April 7, 2017
- "How the World Reacted to President Donald Trump's Air Strike On Syria" by Tara John in "Time," April 7, 2017"The Coming Incompetence Crisis" by David Brooks in "The New York Times,"1 April 7, 2017
- "No Press? No Problem: Tillerson’s CEO Secrecy" by Nick Wadhams in "BloombergBusinessWeek," March 23, 2017
- "What Trump Got Right About the UN" by Clair MacDougall in BloombergBusinessWeek," March 23, 2017
- "No Press? No Problem: Tillerson’s CEO Secrecy" by Nick Wadhams in "BloombergBusinessWeek," March 23, 2017
- "Will Mexico Get Half of Its Territory Back?" by Enrique Krauze in "The New York Times," April 6, 2017
- "Washington’s Supreme Hypocrisy on Chemical Weapons and Civilian Deaths" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," April 6, 2017
- "President Trump’s Real-World Syria Lesson" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," April 5, 2017
- "Has Trump deferred to Russia in Syria?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," April 3, 2017
- "U.S., Egypt Back in Business" by Paul Salem on "Middle Institute Monday Briefing," April 3, 2017
- "King Abdullah in Second Visit to Trump White House" by Yousef Munayyer on "Middle Institute Monday Briefing," April 3, 2017
- "Trump Adopting Obama Policies on Syria" by Randa Slim on "Middle Institute Monday Briefing," April 3, 2017
- "Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel" by Adam Entous, Greg Miller, Kevin Sieff and Karen DeYoung in "The Washington Post," April 3, 2017
- "Did Gorka Greenlight Hungary’s Move Against University?" by Jim Lobe on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 3, 2017
- "What a World Led by China Might Look Like" by Uri Friedman in "The Atlantic," March 29, 2017
- "Trump Is a Chinese Agent" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," March 29, 2017
- "Has Afghanistan Become America’s Afghanistan?" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 27, 2017
- "Partisan Divide on Show at AIPAC Conference" by Yousef Munayyer on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," March 27, 2017
- "AIPAC Conference and Broken Promises" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," March 27, 2017
- "Political Discipline and a Strategic Void" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 22, 2017
- "America Must Defend Itself Against the Real National Security Menace" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," March 10, 2017
- "U.S. and the Middle East: Power politics or amateur hour?" by Michael J. Brenner on "Salon," March 22, 2017
- "Making America Weaker" by Robert E. Hunter on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 21, 2017
- "Abadi Seeks More U.S. Help" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 20, 2017
- "Delicate but Critical Dance for New U.N. Leader and New U.S. Envoy" by Somini Sengupt in "The New York Times," March 16, 2017
- "New Triangular Diplomacy Emerges Amid Changing Global Political Landscape" by Dmitri Trenin on Carnegie Moscow Center," Feb 22, 2017
- "Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War" by Evan Osnos, David Remnick & Joshua Yaffa in "The New Yorker," Mar 6, 2017
- "The Immigration Facts Donald Trump Doesn't Like" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Feb 25, 2017
- "The One-State Two-State Blues" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Feb 17, 2017
- "As Binyamin Netanyahu prepares to fly to Washington, is the two-state solution dead?" in "The Economist," Feb 11, 2017
- "The United States of Permanent War" by Edward Hunt on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 22, 2017
- "Mission Unaccomplished, 15 Years Later" by Donny Sjursen on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 22, 2017
- "Trump is Right on Palestine" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 21, 2017
- "Will Trump Complete the Pacific Pivot?" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 14, 2017
- "Why the World Needs a Trump Doctrine" by Zbigniew Brzezinski & Paul Wasserman in "The New York Times," Feb 20, 2017
- "The Mideast lessons that Trump will have to relearn" by Daoud Kuttab in "The Washington Post," Feb 16, 2017
- "Trump plots to keep Palestinians Stateless forever" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 16, 2017
- "Has Trump quietly surrendered to Russia and China?" by Michael T. Klare on "Informed Comment," Feb 15, 2017
- "Russia Deploys Missile, Violating Treaty and Challenging Trump" by Michael R. Gordon in "The New York Times," Feb 14, 2017
- "What Trump Is Doing Is Not O.K." by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Feb 14, 2017
- "Highs and Lows Before Trump-Netanyahu Meeting" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Feb 13, 2017
- "Designating I.R.G.C. a Terror Org could Undo Iran Nuclear Deal" by Alex Vatanka on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Feb 13, 2017
- "Trump’s MidEast Policy Shows Signs of Life" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Feb 13, 2017
- "Tougher Pakistan Policy May Backfire" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Feb 13, 2017
- "Trump's Grand Strategic Train Wreck" by Colin Kahl & Hal Brands in "Foreign Policy," Jan 31, 2017 (for PDF file, click here)
- "Entropy in Geopolitics" by Chas W. Freeman, Jr. on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 11, 2017
- "America's So-Called National Security Adviser" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2017
- "Trump Foreign Policy Quickly Loses Its Sharp Edge" by Mark Landler in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2017
- "The Trump Effect: The President’s Wild Start Churns Domestic Politics Around the World" by Carol E. Lee, Anton Troianovski & Santiago Pérez in "The Wall Street Journal," Feb 9, 2017"
- All of Islam Isn't the Enemy" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Feb 9, 2017
- "Pakistan’s Watchful Thinking on Trump" by Marvin G. Weinbaum in the "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Feb 7, 2017
- "For Germany, Trump Poses a Problem With No Clear Solution" by Max Fisher in "The New York Times," Feb 6, 2017
- "Anti-Iranism in the Trump Administration" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 5, 2017
- "Bannon Welcomed Islamophobes When CPAC Banned Them" by Eli Clifton on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 3, 2017
- "Tom Countryman’s Farewell: A Diplomat’s Love Letter to America" on "Diplopundit," Jan 31, 2017
- "Here we go Again: Trump Admin Threatens Iran" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 2, 2017
- "Trump Pushes Dark View of Islam to Center of U.S. Policy-Making" by Scott Shane, Matthew Rosenberg & Eric Lipton in "The New York Times," Feb 1, 2017
- "Iran Confirms Ballistic Missile Test, Vows to Defy International Pressure" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute," Feb 1, 2017
- "How Trump Has Taken Away Our Homes" by Masha Gessen & Martina Navratilova in "The New York Times," Feb 1, 2017
- "Merkel-Erdogan to Hold High-Stakes Meeting this Week" by W. Robert Pearson in "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Jan 30, 2017
- "Trump Scores a Ruinous ‘Own Goal’ in the Middle East" by Paul Salem in "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Jan 30, 2017
- "Syrian Regime Ignores Cease-Fire Call" by Robert S. Ford in "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Jan 30, 2017
- "Trump Is Carpet-Bombing . . . U.S. Foreign Policy" by Phyllis Bennis on "Informed Comment," Jan 28, 2017
- "Torture works . . . to produce Fake News (and that’s how we Got into Iraq)" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 27, 2017
- "In Defense of a Liberal Order" by Justus de Visser on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Jan 27, 2016
- "The Closing of Trump's America" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Jan 27, 2017
- "FDR Started the Long Peace. Under Trump, It May Be Coming To an End.” by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," Jan 27, 2017
- "Frank Gaffney Is Behind New Anti-Muslim Interfaith Group" by Eli Clifton on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Jan 26, 2017
- "How to Lose the War on Terror" by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," Jan 25, 2017
- "Six Challenges to U.S.-Israel Relations under Trump" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute," Jan 25, 2017
- "America, You Look Like an Arab Country Right Now" by Karl Sharro on "Politico," Jan 22, 2017
- "'I Think Islam Hates Us'" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Jan 26, 2017
- "Iraqi Leaders Denounce Trump over Oil, Jerusalem; US Troops in Political Crossfire" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 26, 2017
- "Stephen P. Cohen, Secret Broker of Mideast Peace Talks, Dies at 71" by Sam Roberts in "The New York Times," Jan 26, 2017
- "Nafta’s Net U.S. Impact Is Modest" by By Jacob M. Schlesinger, Andrew Tangel & Valerie Bauerlein in "The Wall STreet Journal," Jan 27, 2017
- "Trump Prepares Orders Aiming at Global Funding and Treaties" by Max Fisher in "The New York Times," Jan 25, 2017
- "Trump to al-Sisi: Syria’s al-Assad is a Brave, steadfast Man (Beirut Report)" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 24, 2017
- "Are You Not Alarmed?" by Charles M. Blow in "The New York Times," Jan 19, 2017
- "Palestine in the Age of Trump" by Rashid Khalidi in "The New Yorker," Jan 19, 2016
- "Why Haven’t We Defeated al-Shabaab?" by Diana Ohlbaum on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Jan 18, 2017
- "In Era of Trump, China's President Champions Economic Globalization" by Peter S. Goldman in "The New York Times," Jan 17, 2017
- "Trump feuds with Merkel, EU, BMW, NATO, China, CIA but not with Putin" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 17, 2017
- "Trump Admin Nominations Calm MidEast Allies" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute," Jan 17, 2017
- "U.S. to be Notably Absent from Syria Talks" by Robert S. Ford on "Middle East Institute," Jan 17, 2017
- "Two-State Solution on its Death Bed" by Yousef Munayyer on "Middle East Institute," Jan 17, 2017
- "Trump is Putin’s mouthpiece" by Jennifer Rubin in "The Washington Post," Jan 16, 2017
- "From Syria to Sanctions, Flynn-Russia Quid Pro Quo?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 14, 2017
- "Stop obsessing over ‘secrets’ about Trump and Russia. What we already know is bad enough." by Anne Applebaum in "The Washington Post," Jan 13, 2017
- "Obama Hoped to Transform the World. It Transformed Him." by Adam Shatz in "The New York Times," Jan 12, 2017
- "Trump could be the best thing that’s happened to China in a long time" by Fareed Zarkaria in "The Washington Post," Jan 12, 2017"
- "How the Arrogance of Cold War Triumph brought us this Low" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "Informed Comment," Jan 9, 2017
- "Death of Iran's Rafsanjani Removes Influential Voice Against Hard-Liners" by Thomas Erdbrink in "The New York Times," Jan 8, 2017
- "Why Trump Can't Disengage from the World" by Robert D. Kaplan in "The New York Times," Jan 6, 2017 (Click here for pdf.)
- "A Real Reset with Russia or Just a Roll of the Dice?" by Robert E. Hunter on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Jan 5, 2017
- "John Kerry Nails It: Realities of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 31, 2016
- "British leader Theresa May breaks with John Kerry’s condemnation of Israel" by Michael Birnbaum in "The Washington Post," Dec 30, 2016
- "Has Obama 'Betrayed' Israel at the UN?" by Henry Siegman on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 29, 2016
- "Bibi Netanyahu Makes Trump His Chump" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Dec 28, 2016
- "The Price of 'Policy by Tweet'" by Robert E. Hunter on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 28, 2016
- "Erdogan-Putin Syria Bromance as Turkey accuses US of backing ISIL" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 28, 2016
- "Inside the coming war between the United States and the United Nations" by Josh Rogin in "The Washington Post," Dec 28, 2016
- "Now is the time for Obama to Recognize Palestine" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 27, 2016
- "US Presidents & Israel-related UNSCRs: The Historical Record, 1967-Present" by Lara Friedman on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 26, 2016
- "Educating Trump with Intelligence: Questions are as Important as Answers" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 23, 2016
- "Tragedy Made Steve Kerr See the World Beyond the Court" by John Branch in "The New York Times," Dec 22, 2016 (Click here for pdf.)
- "White House faces exodus of foreign policy experts ahead of Trump's arrival" by Julian Borger in "The Guardian," Dec 18, 2016
- "Middle East Perceptions of the Roles Played by Global and Regional Powers" by James J. Zogby on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 18, 2016
- "Pax Americana Is Over" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Dec 16, 2016 (Click here for pdf.)
- "Is Donald Trump a Threat to Democracy?" by Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt in "The New York Times," Dec 16, 2016
- "A Dangerous Choice for Ambassador to Israel" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Dec 16, 2016
- "From Here to Dystopia" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 16, 2016
- "Why Would Trump Help Putin Achieve His Goals?" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," Dec 15, 2016
- "What Is America Without Influence? Trump Will Find Out." by Antony J. Blinken in "The New York Times," Dec 13, 2016
- "Flawed Choices for the State Department" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Dec 12, 2016
- "What the U.S. map should really look like" by Ana Swanson and Jonathan O'Connell in "The Washington Post," Dec 12, 2016
- "Trump Versus China: What’s Really At Stake" by John McLaughlin on "OZY.com" Dec 2, 2016
- "Flynn Clueless on Syrian Nukes" by Jim Lobe on LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 8, 2016
- "Flynn: Prophet Muhammad and Quran Are 'Incompatible' With Modernity" by Eli Clifton on LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 6, 2016
- "Flynn Simply Unfit" by Jim Lobe on LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 5, 2016
- "Trump’s Taiwan phone call was long planned, say people who were involved" by Anne Gearan, Philip Rucker & Simon Denyer in "The Washington Post," Dec 4, 2016
- "Trump’s fight against Made-in-Mexico could carry price on both sides of border" by Nick Miroff & Joshua Partlow in "The Washington Post," Dec 1, 2016
- "Trump's Chaos Theory: A Single Tweet Causes Jobs To Return" by Steven Rattner in "The New York Times," Dec 1, 2016
- "The End of the Anglo-American Order" by Ian Buruma in "The New York Times," Nov 29, 2016
- "Trump should embrace ‘dual conciliation’ abroad" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Nov 23, 2016
- "Deputy NSC Advisor Pick McFarland: Treat Middle Easterners Like Kids" by Derek Davison on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Nov 25, 2016
- "Ideology Is Supplanting Intelligence" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Nov 23, 2016
- "The World That Awaits President-Elect Trump" by various on "Epicenter," Nov 22, 2016
- "Contradictions in Trump's MidEast Policy" by Paul Salem in Middle East Institute's "Monday Briefing," Nov 21, 2016
- "Putin's Response to Trump Victory: Take Aleppo" by Randa Slim in Middle East Institute's "Monday Briefing," Nov 21, 2016
- "Erdogan Hopes Trump will Extradite Gulen" by Gonul Tol in Middle East Institute's "Monday Briefing," Nov 21, 2016
- "U.S. Allies and Rivals Digest Trump’s Victory" by various authors at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "Russia: Cautious Hope" by Dmitri Trenin at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "Europe: Anxiety and Morbid Fascination" by Lizza Bomassi at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "China: Watching Closely for Signs" by Douglas H. Paal at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "Japan: Trepidation about Transactional Politics" by James L. Schoff at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "India: Perplexity on Top of Uncertainty" by Ashley J. Tellis at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "Israel: A Honeymoon of Uncertain Duration" by Ariel (Eli) Levite at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "Iran: Happiness Among Hardliners" by Karim Sadjadpour at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "Saudi Arabia: Be Careful What You Wish For" by Frederic Wehrey at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "Egypt: Expecting Greater Forbearance" by Amr Hamzawy at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "Turkey: A Mix of Trust and Uncertainty" by Marc Pierini at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "The Iran Deal: Perspectives From Major Powers" by George Perkovich, et al at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "Building on the Iran Nuclear Agreement" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Nov 20, 2016
- "What Americans Against Trump Can Learn from the Failures of the Israeli Opposition" by Bernard Avishai in "The New Yorker," Nov 18, 2016
- "Want America First? Try Free Trade" by Thomas J. Bollyky & Edward Alden in "The New York Times," Nov 14, 2016
- "What kind of relationship will Trump have with the UK?" by James Landale on "BBC News," Nov 15, 2016
- "76 Experts Urge Donald Trump to Keep Iran" by Rick Gladstone in "The New York Times," Nov 14, 2016
- Middle East Institute's "Monday Briefing: Trump Assembling Foreign Policy Team" includes "Trump Assembling Foreign Policy Team" by Daniel Serwer, "Al-Qaeda Smiling at Trump Victory" by Charles Lister, & "Rivlin Goes to India" by Eran Etzion, Nov 14, 2016
- "Could Trump reform US foreign policy?" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Nov 13, 2016 ("Globe" subscription may be required)
- "When Borders Close" by Ruchir Sharma in "The New York Times," Nov 12, 2016
- "History Tells Us What Will Happen Next With Brexit And Trump" by Tobias Stone on "The Huffington Post," July 25, 2016, updated Nov 11, 2016
- "What Is Lost by Burying the Trans-Pacific Partnership?" by Jackie Calmes in "The New York Times," Nov 11, 2016
- Middle East Institute's "Briefing: Middle East Reactions to the U.S. Election" includes "Trump’s Win Adds New Dynamics to Unstable Middle East" by Paul Salem, "What a TrumRetryp Presidency Means for Syria/Iraq" by Robert S. Ford, "Israel’s Right Welcomes Trump’s Victory" by Eran Etzion, "Erdogan Treads Carefully on Trump" by Gönül Tol, "Iran’s Moderates Fear Trump Presidency" by Alex Vatanka, and "G.C.C. Uncertain About Trump" by Gerald Feierstein, Nov 9, 2016
- "The $38 Billion 'Understanding': With U.S. Military Aid, Are Netanyahu’s Strong Beliefs Worth $7 Billion?" by Amos Harel, "Israeli Defense Sector Breathes Easier After New U.S. Aid Pact" by Ora Coren", "With New Israel Aid Deal, Obama Is Patron Of the Occupation" by Gideon Levy on "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs," Nov/Dec 2016
- "Turkey: the road towards dictatorship and the west’s responsibility" by Mehmet Ugur on "Informed Comment," Nov 6, 2016
- "Will the US election mean the end of free trade?" by Stephen Boyle in "The Guardian," Nov 4, 2016
- "October surprise? No, beware the November blitz" by Thanassis Cambanis on "thanassiscambanis.com," Nov 4, 2016"A Little-Noticed Fact About Trade: It's No Longer Rising" by Binyamin Appelbaum in "The New York Times," Oct 30, 2016
- "Syria—What Cost 'Victory'?" by Graham E. Fuller in "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Nov/Dec 2016
- "The Plot Against America or the Plot by America?" by Mustafa Akyol in "The New York Times," Oct 28, 2016
- "Why Israel Still Refuses to Choose" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Oct 28, 2016
- "It’s Difficult to Keep Allies in Line In the Post-Ideological Era" by Shireen T. Hunter on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 27, 2016
- "Why the Middle East knows not to trust the United States" by David Ignatius in "The Washington Post," Oct 25, 2016
- "Turkey Barges Into the Mosul Fight" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Oct 24, 2016
- "Awaiting Next U.S. President: A Splintered Middle East in 'Free Fall'" by Peter Baker in "The New York Times," Oct 24, 2016
- "The Election That Killed Foreign Policy" by Paul R. Pillar on LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 23, 2016
- "Turkey's Push to Join Battle for Mosul Inflames Tension with Iraq" by Tim Arango & Michael R. Gordon in "The New York Times," Oct 23, 2016
- "A pivot to where?" by the Editorial Board of "The Washington Post," Oct 23, 2016
- "Pardon the American Taliban" by Paul Theroux in "The New York Times," Oct 22, 2016
- "Why Surprise Attacks Won't Defeat the Islamic State" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," Oct 20, 2016
- "Eight Lessons from Afghanistan" by Diana Ohlbaum on "LobeLong Foreign Policy," Oct 18, 2016
- "Turkey After July 15 - Dawn or Disaster?" by W. Robert Pearson on "Middle East Institute," Oct 17, 2016
- "Yemen Sees Proof of Sinister Plot in U.S. Airstrikes" by Mark Mazzetti, Ben Hubbard & Matthew Rosenberg in "The New York Times," Oct 13, 2016
- "Putin, Erdogan Continue Diplomatic Dance" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute," Oct 11, 2016
- "American Power at the Crossroads: A Snapshot of a Multipolar World in Action" by Dilip Hiro on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 11, 2016
- "Times Finally Realizes: Netanyahu Doesn’t Care What Obama Thinks" by Lisa Goldman on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 11, 2016
- "How U.S. Torture Left a Legacy of Damaged Minds" by Matt Apuzzo, Sheri Fink & James Risen in "The New York Times," Oct 9, 2016
- "Syria Provokes an American Anxiety: Is U.S. Power Really So Special?" by Max Fisher & Amanda Taub in "The New York Times," Oct 8, 2016
- "Syria—What Cost “Victory?”" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 7, 2016
- "The US is your know-it-all friend who should just keep his mouth shut" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Sept 29, 2016
- "Can the Center Hold? State Fragility Comes to the U.S. and France" by Judah Grunstein on "World Politics Review," Sept 28, 2016
- "Can the Center Hold?" by Henry J. Aaron on "The Huffington Post," April 18, 2016
- "Syria isn’t a cold war conflict: the US and Russia can’t just fix it" by Mary Dejevsky in "The Guardian," Oct 4, 2016
- "2016 Elections: The National Security Void" by Andrew Bacevich on "LobLog Foreign Policy," Oct 4, 2016
- "The US is your know-it-all friend who should just keep his mouth shut" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Sept 29, 2016
- "Can the Center Hold? State Fragility Comes to the U.S. and France" by Judah Grunstein on "World Politics Review," Sept 28, 2016
- "The good, the bad and the Gülenists" by Asli Aydintaşbaş on "European Council on Foreign Relations," Sept 23, 1016
- "The aftermath of Turkey’s failed coup threatens its ties with Western allies" by Michael Birnbaum & Karen DeYoung in "The Washington Post," Sept 21, 2016
- "Iran’s Nuclear Program and International Law" by Peter Jenkins on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 21, 2016
- "Our Hardliners Are Still Helping Iran’s Hardliners" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 20, 2016
- "The myth and history of Sunni-Shia divide" by Amir Ahmadi Arian on "Informed Comment," Sept 19, 2016
- "What is Eurasianism?" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 18, 2016
- "His Grip Still Secure, Bashar al-Assad Smiles as Syria Burns" by Ben Hubbard in "The New York Times," Sept 17, 2016
- "The Afghan War Quagmire" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Sept 17, 2016
- "A Russian-Iranian Axis" by Vali R. Nasr in "The New York Times," Sept 16, 2016
- "The Contest Over Israel Aid" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Sept 16, 2016
- "The United Nations: What’s the Point?" by Uri Friedman in "The Atlantic," Sept 2, 2016
- "How Many Guns Did the U.S. Lose Track of in Iraq and Afghanistan? Hundreds of Thousands." by C.J. Chivers in "The New York Times Magazine," Aug 24, 2016
- "America's Mr. Diplomacy" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Sept 14, 2016
- "After 9/11, We Thought It Would Be a Generation-Long Struggle; We Were Wrong" by Richard Clarke on "ABC News," Sept 8, 2016
- "Why Russia is Discrediting American Democracy" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 8, 2016
- "Obama Is Now Alone In Washington" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," Sept 1, 2016
- "US: Turkish-backed campaign against our Allies in Syria ‘unacceptable’" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 30, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Turkish Incursion into Syria, OPEC Meeting" By Gönül Tol, Daniel Serwer & Jean-François Seznec on "Middle East Institute," Aug 29, 2016
- "America’s Syria SNAFU: Pentagon’s Militias fight Turkey & CIA’s Militias" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 28, 2016
- "Can Israel and the Arab States Be Friends?" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Aug 27, 2016
- "The free-for-all in Syria will make your head spin" by Richard Allen Greene on "CNN," Aug 25, 2016
- "Saudis and Extremism: 'Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters'," by Scott Sahne in "The New York Times, Aug 25, 2016
- "Is Turkey’s incursion into Syria about Daesh, or about the Kurds?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 25, 2016
- "Of Course 'the Ayatollah Thinks He Won'” by Ali Gharib on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 23, 2016
- "Russian Realism in the Middle East" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 20, 2016
- "Playing With Fire in Ukraine" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Aug 19, 2016
- "Dragon Rising? China seeks Closer military Cooperation with Syria" by Juan Cole
- "Monsters to Destroy: Top 7 Reasons the US could not have forestalled Syrian Civil War" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 12, 2016
- "Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart" by Scott Anderson with photos by Paolo Pellegrin in "The New York Times," Aug 11, 2016
- "What Russia and Turkey Bring to Syria" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Aug 11, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Erdogan Reaching Out to Russia; Update on Battle for Aleppo" by W. Robert Pearson, Alex Vatanka, Charles Lister, Marvin G. Weinbaum & Mabrouka M'Barek on "Middle East Institute," Aug 8, 2016
- "Turkey’s New Anti-Americanism" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Aug 4, 2016
- "Turkish lawyer files complaint accusing U.S. generals of aiding coup attempt" by Ishaan Tharoor in "The Washington Post," Aug 3, 2016
- "Turks Can Agree on One Thing: U.S. Was Behind Failed Coup" by Tim Arango & Ceylan Yeginsu in "The New York Times, Aug 2, 2016
- "Is Saudi Arabia Really Inviting Russia to Play a Bigger Role in the Middle East?" by Mark N. Katz on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 2, 2016
- "Why Obama Has Failed to Close Guantánamo" by Connie Bruck in "The New Yorker," Aug 1, 2016
- "Partial Assessment of Turkey’s Post-Coup Attempt Military Purge" by Jennifer Cafarella with Elizabeth Sercombe & Charles Vallee on "Institute for the Study of War," July 30, 2016
- "Pentagon scrambles to patch up ties with Turkey at pivotal moment in Islamic State fight" by Missy Ryan in "The Washington Post," July 29, 2016
- "The Democrats' Big Bet" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," July 29, 2016
- "Why Dropping the Trans-Pacific Partnership May Be a Bad Idea" by Eduardo Porter in "The New York Times," July 26, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Turkey's Post-Coup Military Restructuring and US-Russia Meeting in Geneva on Syria Coordination" by Gönül Tol & Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute," July 25, 2016
- "Mike Pence on the 'American Heartland' and the Holy Land" by Shalom Goldman on "Informed Comment," July 22, 2016
- "Post-Coup Purge Adds to Turkey's Instability" by Gönül Tol on "Middle East Institute," July 21, 2016
- "Bring in the Military" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 21, 2016
- "The Foreign Policy Implications of Turkey’s Attempted Coup" by Derek Davison on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 19, 2016
- "Turkish authorities expand massive purge of opponents following coup attempt" by Erin Cunningham & Hugh Naylor in "The Washington Post," July 18, 2016
- "Turkey Interrupts U.S. Air Missions Against ISIS at Major Base" by Eric Schmitt & Dan Bilefsky in “The New York Times,” July 16, 2016
- "Turkey’s Coup That Wasn’t" by Roger Cohen in “The New York Times,” July 16, 2016
- "Turkey Accuses US Of Being Behind Military Coup, Demands Extradition Of Cleric Gulen" by Tyler Durden on "Zero Hedge," July 16, 2016
- "A Stark Nuclear Warning" by Jerry Brown in "The New York Review of Books," July 14, 2016 (a review of My Journey at the Nuclear Brink by William J. Perry)
- "Obama’s Whac-a-Mole Strategy" by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," July 14, 2016
- "The South China Sea: Explaining the Dispute" by Max Fisher in "The New York Times," July 14, 2016
- "How a modest contract for ‘applied research’ morphed into the CIA’s brutal interrogation program" by Greg Miller in "The Washington Post," July 13, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Chilcot Report, French FM in Lebanon, Iran Economy" by Daniel Serwer, Alex Vatanka on Paul Salem at "Middle East Institute," July 11, 2016
- "Time to talk in Syria" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," July 10, 2016
- "'Brexit' and Russia Loom Over Obama's final NATO Summit Meeting" by Mark Landler in "The New York Times," July 7, 2016
- "'Star Wars' and the Fantasy of American Violence" by Roy Scranton in "The New York Times," July 2, 2016
- "Time for US to act in Syria" by Thanassis Cambanis in "The Boston Globe, June 30, 2016
- "49 Years On, Still No 'Explanation' for USS Liberty Attack" in "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs," June 2016
- "Is the Mideast disintegrating or just being Auctioned Off?" by Patrick Cockburn on "Informed Comment," June 29, 2016
- "Venezuela Needs International Assistance to Recover" by Ricardo Hausmann in "The New York Times," June 28, 2016
- "Overwhelmed by 'Brexit'? Here Are the Basics" by Niraj Choksi, Daniel Victor & Sewell Chan in "The New York Times, June 24, 2016
- “Former Ambassador Robert Ford on the State Department Mutiny on Syria” by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," June 17, 2016
- "51 U.S. Diplomats Urge Strikes Against Assad in Syria" by Mark Landler in "The New York Times, June 16, 2016
- "Ban Ki-moon’s Thankless Position" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," June 10, 2016
- "United Nations Chief Exposes Limits to His Authority by Citing Saudi Threat" by Somini Sengupta in "The New York Times," June 9, 2016
- "Why Britain is Edging Toward 'Brexit'" by Peter Eavis in "The New York Times," June 7, 2016
- "How long will we ignore Syria’s suffering?" by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," June 2, 2016
- "America’s Sinkhole Wars" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," May 31, 2016
- "Behind the Barricades of Turkey's Hidden War" by Robert F. Worth in "The New York Times Magazine," May 24, 2016
- "Obama Not to Blame for Region’s Failures" by Thomas W. Lippman on "Middle East Institute," May 16, 2016
- "The Failures of Success" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," May 12, 2016
- "‘The U.S. can’t fix it’: James Clapper on America’s role in the Middle East" by David Ignatius in "The Washington Post," May 10, 2016
- "How Would Trump Fare As America’s CEO?" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," May 5, 2016
- "Losing the war on jihadism" by Christina Pazzanese in "Harvard Gazette," May 4, 2016
- "The End of American Iraq: Poor Shiites invade Parliament over corrupt Spoils System" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 1, 2016
- "How the Curse of Sykes-Picot Still Haunts the Middle East" by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," April 30, 2016
- "Handle the Bear with care" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," April 28, 2016
- "Trouble Brewing in Egypt" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 27, 2016
- "War out of sight, sacrifice out of mind" by Andrew J. Bacevich in "The Boston Globe," April 24, 2016
- "Unfinished Business From 9/11" by "The New York Times" Editorial Board, April 22, 2016
- "Don't Let Americans Sue Saudi Arabia" by Curtis Bradley & Jack Goldsmith in "The New York Times," April 22, 2016
- "Better the Saudis We Know" by Bernard Haykel & Steffen Hertog in "The New York Times," April 22, 2016
- "Obama in Saudi Arabia, Exporter of Oil and Bigotry" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," April 20, 2016
- "The Next Administration and Recalibrating U.S.-Israeli Ties" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute," Apr 19, 2016
- "6 Policies Obama wants Saudi Arabia to Change" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," April 19, 2016
- "Can the Center Hold?" by Henry J. Aaron on "The Huffington Post," April 18, 2016
- "The New Normal in U.S.-Saudi Relations" by Perry Cammack and Richard Sokolsky on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 16, 2016
- "Saudi Arabia Warns of Economic Fallout if Congress Passes 9/11 Bill" by Mark Mazzetti in "The New York Times," April 15, 2016
- "Erdogan and Merkel's Comic Comeuppance" by Anna Sauerbrey in "The New York Times," April 15, 2016
- "Trump’s refreshing foreign policy heresy" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," April 14, 2016
- "Asia’s Silk Road Revival Shows the Age of the West Is Coming to an End" by Peter Frankopan on "Huffington Post," April 14, 2016
- "The Children's Crusade" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 13, 2016
- "What’s behind the revolt against global integration?" by Lawrence Summers in "The Washington Post," April 10, 2016
- "A Transformational President?" by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," April 7, 2016
- "The Islamic State is Losing: Now Comes the Hard Part" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 7, 2016
- "The Necessity of an Afghan Resettlement Program in the U.S." by Robert Crews in "The New York Times," April 6, 2016
- "Impossible Missions" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," April 6, 2016
- "Global Trump" by Steve Coll in "The New Yorker," April 11, 2016
- "The End of the American Empire" by Chas. W. Freeman, Jr. on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 4, 2016
- "Erdogan’s Failed Washington Visit" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute," April 4, 2016
- "Jobs and Trade on the Campaign Trail" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," April 2, 2016
- "A C.I.A. Grunt's Tale of the Fog of Secret War" by Mark Mazzetti in "The New York Times," April 1, 2016
- "The Obama Doctrine" by Jeffrey Goldberg in "The Atlantic," April 2016
- "When the Necessary Is Impossible" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," March 30, 2016
- "On the American Front Line Against ISIS" by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," March 29, 2016
- "Erik Prince: Energizer Bunny" by David Isenberg on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 29, 2016
- "The Trade Deficit Isn’t a Scorecard, and Cutting It Won’t Make America Great Again" by Neil Irwin in "The New York Times," March 27, 2016
- "The Death of Our Treaties" by Jessica T. Mathews in "The New York Review of Books," March 24, 2016
- "Owning Up to Torture" by Eric Fair in "The New York Times," March 19, 2016
- "Ted Cruz’s Team of Islamophobes" by Derek Davison on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 17, 2016
- "Let Trump Make Our Trans-Pacific Trade Deal" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," March 16, 2016
- "What Trump and Sanders Get Wrong About Free Trade" by Miriam Shapiro in "The New York Times," March 16, 2016
- "Where did ISIS come from? The story starts here." by Neil Swidey in "The Boston Globe Magazine," March 10, 2016
- "Obama’s Biggest Gamble" by Andrew J. Bacevich in "The Atlantic," March 10, 2016 (response to "The Obama Doctrine" by Jeffrey Goldberg in "The Atlantic," April 2016)
- "Obama Criticizes the 'Free Riders' Among America's Allies" by Mark Landler in "The New York Times," March 10, 2016
- "A Truce in Syria" by Dexter Filkins in "The New Yorker," March 7, 2016
- "The North Goes South Or The South Comes North" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 2, 2016
- "Building on the Syrian Truce" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 1, 2016
- "A Better, Not Bigger, Military Budget" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Feb 29, 2016
- "The Libya Gamble, Part I: Hillary Clinton, ‘Smart Power’ and a Dictator’s Fall" by Scott Shane and Jo Becker in "The New York Times," Feb 27, 2016
- "The Libya Gamble, Part II: A New Libya, with ‘Very Little Time Left’" by Scott Shane and Jo Becker in "The New York Times," Feb 27, 2016
- "Will Syrian Kurds defeat ISIL , helping Democrats win White House in 2016?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 20, 2016
- "To Keep America Safe, Embrace Drone Warfare" by Michael V. Hayden in "The New York Times," Feb 19, 2016
- "The media are misleading the public on Syria" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Feb 18, 2016
- "How Can Turkey Overcome Its Foreign Policy Mess?" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 19, 2016
- "Syria: Instead of a Cease-Fire, have Great Powers unleashed new Proxy Wars?" by Baher Kamal on "Informed Comment," Feb 17, 2016
- "Whack-a-Terrorist in Libya" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 16, 2016
- "A Struggle for World Order and a Russian Tragedy" by Jan Techau on "Carnegie Europe," Feb 13, 2016
- "NATO—America’s Misguided Instrument of Leadership" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 13, 2016
- "Saudi-Iran Conflict Is Not America’s Fault" by Reza Marashi on "niacouncil.org," Feb 12, 2016
- "Work with the Russians on Syria" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 12, 2016
- "Russian Intervention in Syrian War Has Sharply Reduced U.S. Options" by David E. Sanger in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2016
- "As Syria Devolves Further, Allies Criticize American Policy" by Ceylan Yeginsu in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2016
- "NATO to Expand Military Presence in Europe to Deter Russians" by Michael S. Schmidt in "The New York Times," Feb 10, 2016
- "Syria, already a catastrophe, seems on the verge of an uncontrollable disaster" by Karen DeYoung & Liz Sly in "The Washington Post," Feb 9, 2016
- "America’s Syrian Shame" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Feb 9, 2016
- "Israel frets about “Iran as Neighbor” if Aleppo falls & al-Assad Regime Wins" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 8, 2016
- "Syria: The Mother of all Battles for Aleppo is Joined" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 5, 2016
- "Europe's Huddled Masses" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Feb 4, 2016
- "The Demise of the Two-State Solution and Israel’s Culpability" by Robert Olson on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 4, 2015
- "Why Saudi Arabia is behaving like a cornered boxer" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Feb 3, 2016
- "President Xi Jinping of China Is All Business in Middle East Visit" by Jane Perlez in "The New York Times," Jan 30, 2016
- "Xi's whirlwind diplomacy sweeps China to center stage" edited by huaxia on "Xinuanet," Jan 28, 2016
- "Why is Israel so cautious on the Islamic State? A recent war game explains why." by David Ignatius in "The Washington Post," Jan 26, 2016
- "Iran Is Back in Business" by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," Jan 25, 2016
- "Rearming for the apocalypse" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Jan 24, 2016
- "Netanyahu demands more billions from US after Iran Deal, insults US Envoy, Steals more Land" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 22, 2016
- "Neocons Echo Kirkpatrick, Defend Saudi Arabia" by Jim Lobe on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Jan 21, 2016
- "Why Is It So Difficult for Syrian Refugees to Get Into the U.S.?" by Eliza Griswold in "The New York Times," Jan 20, 2016
- "What If?" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times, Jan 20, 2016
- "The Front Lines: On the border of ISIS territory, Iraqi civilians fight for their survival" by Luke Mogelson in "The New Yorker," Jan 18, 2016
- "Prince of Araby: The reckless power behind the Saudi throne" by Susan de Muth on "Informed Comment," Jan 13, 2016
- "U.S. Intelligence Ought to Target Israel" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Jan 6, 2016
- "Saudi Arabia's Barbaric Executions" by the Editorial Board at "The New York Times," Jan 4, 2016
- "Iran, Emerging From Sanctions, Faces Crisis After Saudi Arabia Embassy Attack" by Thomas Erdbrink in "The New York Times," Jan 4, 2016
- "U.S. in a Bind as Saudi Actions Test a Durable Alliance" by David E. Sanger in "The New York Times," Jan 4, 2016
- "Top 7 Middle East Foreign Policy Challenges in 2016" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 1, 2016
- "Negotiating the Whirlwind: Can Secretary of State John Kerry break through in Syria?" by David Remnick in "The New Yorker," Dec 21, 2015
- "Pentagon Seeks to Knit Foreign Bases Into ISIS-Foiling Network" by Mark Mazzetti & Eric Schmitt in "The New York Times," Dec 10, 2015
- "#You Ain't No American, Bro" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Dec 9, 2015
- "Why ISIL won't be defeated" by Aljazeera staff on "Aljazeera.com," Dec 8, 2015
- "Vacuum of Knowledge: What you Need to know about the History of Syria" by Joseph Richard Preville & Julie Poucher Harbin for "ISLAMiCommentary" on "Informed Comment," Dec 7, 2015
- "Obama vs. Daesh/ISIL: Freedom is more powerful than Fear & We Refuse to take the Bait" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 7, 2015
- "The Man on the Operating Table" by Andrew Quilty on "FP: Foreign Policy," Dec 3, 2015
- "China Creates a World Bank of Its Own, and the U.S. Balks" by Jane Perlez in "The New York Times," Dec 4, 2015
- "Beyond ISIS: Suicide by World War IV" by Andrew Bacevich on "Informed Comment," Dec 4, 2015
- "Syria: Mission Impossible" by John Feffer on "Informed Comment," Dec 4, 2015
- "Magical Thinking about Isis" by Adam Shatz in "London Review of Books," Dec 3, 2015
- "What Saudi Arabia is (and isn’t) doing in the fight against the Islamic State" by Adam Taylor in "The Washington Post," Nov 25, 2015
- "Je Suis Encore Charlie?" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Nov 21, 2015
- "Putin Plan: The Russian President's Strategy for Syria" by Matthias Schepp on "Spiegel Online," Nov 14, 2015
- "Lessons from the War Against Al-Qaeda" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com, Nov 20, 2015
- "A Post-Paris 'Clash of Civilizations'?: It’s the Islamic State’s Dream and Marco Rubio Agrees" by Tom Engelhardt on "TomDispatch.com," Nov 19, 2015
- "In Rise of ISIS, No Single Missed Key but Many Strands of Blame" by Ian Fisher in "The New York Times, Nov 19, 2015
- "How to Fight ISIS," editorial in "The New York Times," Nov 18, 2015
- "Mass Surveillance Isn’t the Answer to Fighting Terrorism," editorial in "The New York Times," Nov 18, 2015
- "The Attacks in Paris Reveal the Strategic Limits of ISIS" by Olivier Roy in "The New York Times," Nov 16, 2015
- "Washington in Wonderland: Down the Iraqi Rabbit Hole (Again)" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "TomDispatch," June 18, 2015
- "Islamic State: The Hour Has Struck" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy, Nov 16, 2015
- "The Gulf Arabs Slip out of Dodge" by Paul F. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Nov 15, 2015
- "A war the West cannot win" by Andrew J. Bacevich in "The Boston Globe," Nov 14, 2015
- "There Is Only One Way to Defeat ISIS" by Charles F. Pierce in "Esquire," Nov 14, 2015
- "To Save Paris, Defeat ISIS" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Nov 14, 2015
- "Israel stakes claim to Golan after oil find" by Jonathan Cook on "Middle East Eye," Nov 13, 2015
- "Debating Russia's Aims in Syria" by Ibrahim al-Assil, Wayne White and Randa Slim on "Middle East Eye," Nov 10, 2015
- "Putin: US missile defense aimed at neutralizing Russia nukes, N. Korea & Iran just a cover" by Alexei Druzhinin on "RT News," Nov 10, 2015
- "China's Pacific Overtures" by Simon Winchester in "The New York Times," Nov 6, 2015
- "The dangers of Obama’s incrementalism" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Nov 5, 2015
- "Netanyahu’s new top media adviser called Obama an anti-Semite" by William Booth in "The Washington Post," Nov 5, 2015.
- "Sentenced to be Crucified" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," Oct 29, 2015
- "Bush Lapdog Blair can’t Even Apologize Correctly for Destabilizing the Middle East" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 26, 2015
- "Discordant Verdicts on U.S. Forces in Syria: Too Much, or Too Little" by Peter Baker & Eric Schmitt in "The New York Times," Oct 31, 2015
- "Syria: On eve of Vienna Summit, Has Russia changed the facts on the Ground?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 30, 2015
- "Ripples of the Iran Deal" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Oct 29, 2015
- "In Syria, the US has nothing but bad options" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Oct 27, 2015
- "Russian Presence Near Undersea Cables Concerns U.S." by David E. Sanger & Eric Schmitt in "The New York Times," Oct 25, 2015
- "In 1983 ‘war scare,’ Soviet leadership feared nuclear surprise attack by U.S." by David E. Hoffman in "The Washington Post," Oct 24, 2015
- "The Real Reason al-Assad Met Putin in Moscow" by Charles Recknagel on "Informed Comment," Oct 22, 2015
- "What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came? - What Could Possibly Go Wrong (October 2015 Edition)" by Peter Van Buren on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 22, 2015
- "A Possible Coup in Saudi Arabia Signals the End of US Dominance in the Mideast" by David Oualaalou on "Huffington Post," Oct 19, 2015
- "Don’t Ally with Saudi Arabia against Russia" by Eldar Mamedov on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 14, 2015
- "Russian Military Uses Syria as Proving Ground, and West Takes Notice" by Steven Lee Myers & Eric Schmitt in "The New York Times," Oct 14, 2015
- "Turkey Expresses Concern to U.S. and Russia Over Help for Syrian Kurds" by Tim Arango & Anne Barnard in "The New York Times," Oct 14, 2015
- "On Building Armies (and Watching Them Fail): Why Washington Can’t 'Stand Up' Foreign Militaries" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 13, 2015
- "Al-Qaeda in Syria calls for revenge attacks on Russia" by Loveday Morris & Natasha Abbakumova in "The Washington Post," Oct 13, 2015
- "A Road to Damascus, via Moscow" by Gordon Adams & Stephen M. Walt in "The New York Times," Oct 13, 2015
- "U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia" by Anne Barnard & Karam Shoumali, "The New York Times," Oct 12, 2015
- "Does Obama have a Syria Strategy? Putin Does." by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 12, 2015
- "The Mideast’s New Cold War: Why Russia won’t Defeat Iraq’s Extremists" by Mustafa Habib on "Informed Comment," Oct 12, 2015
- "How Syria is becoming a test bed for high-tech weapons of electronic warfare" by David Stupples on "Informed Comment," Oct 10, 2015
- "Hillary Clinton’s Opportunist Solution!" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Oct 9, 2015
- "Putin’s Imperial Adventure in Syria" by Simon Sebag Montefiore in "The New York Times," Oct 9, 2015
- "Ukraine & Europe: What Should Be Done?" by George Soros in "The New York Review of Books," Oct 8, 2015
- "Grandmaster of the Great Game: Obama’s Geopolitical Strategy for Containing China or Maintaining American Supremacy in the Twenty-First Century" by Alfred W. McCoy on "TomDispatch.com," Sept 15, 2015
- "The EU’s Emerging Post-Deal Iran Strategy" by Eldar Mamedov on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 14, 2015
- "US Intel Chief: Iraq and Syria may not Survive as States" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment, Sept 14, 2015
- "America Is Great" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Sept 14, 2015
- "When will War be off the Table? Iran & US Trash Talk" by David M. Faris on "Informed Comment," Sept 14, 2015
- "Germany seeks Talks with Russia over Syria as Putin conducts Naval Maneuvers off Tartous" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 13, 2015
- "The King and ISIS" by Daniel Benjamin in "Foreign Policy," Sept 10, 2015
- "Cameron, Hollande and Merkel: Why we support the Iran deal" by David Cameron, François Hollande and Angela Merkel in "The Washington Post," Sept 10, 2015
- "Walls, Borders, a Dome and Refugees" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Sept 9, 2015
- "Mantra for 9/11: Fourteen Years Later, Improbable World" by Tom Engelhardt on "TomDispatch.com," Sept 8, 2015
- "The Saudi Problem" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 6, 2015
- "Israeli Terrorists, Born in the U.S.A." by Sara Yael Hirschhorn in "The New York Times," Sept 4, 2015
- "Iran: The ‘Obamacare of Foreign Policy’" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Sept 3, 2015
- "The Iran Deal Is a Victory for Reason and Economic Sanctions" by John Cassidy in "The New Yorker," Sept 3, 2015
- "Our Radical Islamic BFF, Saudi Arabia" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Sept 2, 2015
- "When ISIS Rapists Win" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Aug 28, 2015
- "Middle Eastern Zen" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Aug 27, 2015
- "Russian Anxieties about the Iranian Nuclear Accord" by Mark N. Katz on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 25, 2015
- "They’re Baaack! Neoconservatives, Netanyahu, and the GOP set up US-Iran War of 2017" by David Bromwich on "Informed Comment," Aug 24, 2015
- "Barak– Netanyahu was on verge of Attacking Iran 3 Times 2010-12 (Why Listening to him on Iran Diplomacy is Daft)" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 22, 2015
- "Israel’s Other Existential Threat Comes From Within" by Hilik Bar in "The New York Times," Aug 20, 2015
- "From Russia to Iran, the consequences of the global oil bust" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Aug 20, 2015
- "The Backfiring of Israeli Strategy on Iran" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 18, 2015
- "If I Were an Israeli Looking at the Iran Deal" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Aug 12, 2015
- "Learning to Speak Lingerie: Chinese merchants and the inroads of globalization" by Peter Hessler in "The New Yorker," Aug 10, 2015 (If not available online, click here for a PDF file.)
- "The US has forgotten the foreign policy lessons of the Gulf War" by Ambassador Joseph Wilson in "The Boston Globe," Aug 9, 2015
- "29 U.S. Scientists Praise Iran Nuclear Deal in Letter to Obama" by William J. Broad in "The New York Times," Aug 8, 2015
- "Iraq, Iran, and the President on Mindsets" by Paul Pillar on "LobeLog Forign Policy," Aug 6, 2015
- "What Would Happen If the U.S. Congress Killed the Iran Deal?" by Cornelius Adebahr at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Aug 6, 2015
- "The Pivot to Eurasia" by Pepe Escobar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 1, 2015
- "Just What Is Turkey Up To?" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 31, 2015
- "The Kurdish Elephant" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," July 30, 2015
- "For the Mideast, It’s Still 1979" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," July 29, 2015
- "Pollard’s Release Shows That Israelis Just Don’t Get America" by Ronen Bergman in "The New York Times," July 28, 2015
- "The Balance of Power in the Middle East Just Changed" by Peter Van Buren on "TomDispatch," July 28, 2015
- "Tehran’s Promise: The revolution’s midlife crisis and the nuclear deal" by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," July 27, 2015 (If not available online, click here for a PDF file.)
- "Goals Diverge and Perils Remain as U.S. and Turkey Take on ISIS" by Anne Barnard and Michael R. Gordon in "The New York Times," July 27, 2015
- "Obama’s critics are the real gamblers on Iran" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," July 23, 2015
- "The Eurasian Big Bang" by Pepe Escobar on "TomDispatch.com," July 23, 2015
- "Backing Up Our Wager With Iran" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," July 22, 2015
- "House Republicans Fire Opening Salvo to Block Iran Deal" by Ala Hashami-Haeri on National Iranian American Council website, July 17, 2015
- "The Door to Iran Opens" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," July 16, 2015
- "Can Washington and Tehran Finally Escape Their Pathological Past?" by Juan Cole in "The Nation," July 15, 2015
- "Can Congress stop the Iran deal?" by Amber Phillips in "The Washington Post," July 14, 2015
- "Where Iran Is Considered a Top Threat—and Where It Isn't" by Uri Friedman in "The Atlantic," July 14, 2015
- "Dignity: The Hidden Factor in the Iran Nuclear Talks" by Trita Parsi on the National Iranian American Council website, July 2, 2015
- "The Democratic Tea Party" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," June 16, 2015
- "Dangers of a Declining Global Power" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 15, 2015
- "Modest Increase in Iraq Training Mission shows Obama still Uninterested & Maybe he’s Right" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 10, 2015
- "Anti-Iran Crowd Label Lew a 'Chamberlain'" by Ali Gharib on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 10, 2015
- "Top U.S. Military Official Seeks to Assure Israel on Security" by Helene Cooper in "The New York Times," June 9, 2015
- "Washington’s Great Game and Why It’s Failing" by Alfred McCoy on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 9, 2015
- "No, Iran Isn’t Destabilizing the Middle East" by Paul R. Pillar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 8, 2015
- "Iraq: Surge Resurgence?" by Jim Lobe on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 8, 2015
- "No easy choice on ISIS" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe, June 5, 2015
- "Saudi Arabia's Widening War" by Gary Sick on "Politico.com," June 4, 2015
- "Saudi Arabia and Israel Share a Common Opposition" by David E. Sanger in "The New York Times," June 4, 2015
- "Throwing Good Money After Bad in Yemen?" by Derek Davison on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 1, 2015
- "Authoritarian Symps" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," May 31, 2015
- "The Desperate Plight of a Declining Superpower" by Michael Klare on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," May 30, 2015
- "The West Should Get Out of Bed with the House of Saud” on "IntelligenceSquared," May 28, 2015
- "The Escalation of Unauthorized Wars," an editorial in "The New York Times," May 22, 2015
- "China, Updating Military Strategy, Puts Focus on Projecting Naval Power" by Andrew Jacobs in "The New York Times," May 26, 2015
- "Trade and Trust" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," May 22, 2015
- "Trans-Pacific Fiasco" by Gary Anderson, in "The Times Record," May 21, 2015
- "Washington asks, 'Who lost Ramadi?' But Washington never had Ramadi" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 21, 2015
- "Hillary, Jeb, Facebook and Disorder" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," May 20, 2015
- "Islamic State: Washington and Baghdad 'Don’t Get It'” by Wayne White on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," May 19, 2015
- "Moving the Fifth Fleet from Bahrain?" by Derek Davison on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," May 19, 2015
- "Give Up on Netanyahu, Go to the United Nations" by Henry Siegman in "The New York Times," May 19, 2015
- "Free Trade Is Not the Enemy" by William M. Daley in "The New York Times," May 19, 2015
- "Car States Balk at Trade Pact' by William Mauldin in "The Wall Street Journal," May 19, 2015
- "Errors and Lies" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," May 18, 2015
- "Perils of Globalization When Factories Close and Towns Struggle" by Binyamin Appelbaum in "The New York Times," May 17, 2015
- "Want a Green Card? Invest in Real Estate" by Julie Satow, in "The New York Times," May 15, 2015
- "You can’t stop the trade machine" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," May 14, 2015
- "Saudi Arabia - This is Leadership?" by Graham E. Fuller on "grahamefuller.com," May 14, 2015
- "The generators of ISIS still remain" by Rami G. Khouri in "The Daily Star" (Lebanon), May 13, 2015
- "Persian Gulf Breach With U.S. Creates Opportunities for France" by Lissa J. Rubin in "The New York Times, May 13, 2015
- "Did Jeb Bush just commit a War Crime in Justifying the Iraq War?" by Juan Cole on "InformedComment," May 13, 2015
- "Obama’s GCC 'Summit' and the Deepening Incoherence of America’s Middle East Strategy" by Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett on "GoingToTehran.com," May 12, 2015
- "Saudi Arabia as the Incredible Hulk: King Salman snubs Obama’s Gulf Summit" by Juan Cole on "InformedComment.com," May 11, 2015
- "The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal: What It Would Mean" by Kevin Granville in "The New York Times," May 11, 2015
- "Saudi Arabia Says King Won’t Attend Meetings in U.S." by Helene Cooper in "The New York Times," May 10, 2015
- "Beyond the Iran Nuclear Deal" by the editorial board of "The New York Times," May 9, 2015
- "Defying Gravity: Working Toward a Regional Strategy for a Stable Middle East" by Ross Harrison at "Middle East Institute," May 6, 2015
- "A trade watershed?" by Robert J. Samuelson in "The WashingtonPost," May 3, 2015
- "Fatal Triangle: Saudi, Iran, US Tensions spike over continued Yemen Airstrikes" by Juan Cole on "InformedComment," May 1, 2015
- "On Trade: Obama Right, Critics Wrong" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," April 29, 2015
- "Assassination as Policy in Washington and How It Failed, 1990-2015" by Andrew Cockburn on "InformedComment.com," April 29, 2015
- "Assassination as Policy in Washington and How It Failed, 1990-2015" by Andrew Cockburn on "InformedComment.com," April 29, 2015
- "Saudi 'Disorientation,' the Yemen War, and America’s (Self-Imposed) Decline in the Middle East" by Hillary Mann Leverett on "GoingtoTehran.com, April 23, 2015"
- "Deal or No Deal?" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," April 22, 2015
- "Atomic Labs Across the U.S. Race to Stop Iran" by David E. Sanger and William J. Broad in "The New York Times," April 21, 2015
- "Reimagining the Middle East" by Emile Nakhleh on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 20, 2015
- "At Global Economic Gathering, U.S. Primacy Is Seen as Ebbing" by Jonathan Weisman in "The New York Times," April 17, 2015
- "Obama’s Triple Crown" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," April 16, 2015
- "The world of threats to the US is an illusion" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," April 12, 2015
- "Obama’s Middle East policy is puzzling" by Rami G. Khouri in "The Daily Star" (Lebanon), April 11, 2015
- "The Iran Deal and Its Consequences" by Henry Kissinger & George P. Shultz" in "The Wall STreet Journal," April 7, 2015
- "Reality Check: America Needs Iran" by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett on "GoingtoTehran.com," April 6, 2015
- "The New Deal" by Jessica T. Mathews in "The New York Review of Books," April 6, 2015
- "Yemen, the US and the Houthis" by Brian Whitaker on "al-bab.com," April 6, 2015
- "Deal With It: How to Turn the Framework Agreement into a Comprehensive Nuclear Deal" by Gary Samore in "Foreign Affairs," April 5, 2015
- "The CIA Reorganization and the Middle East" by Emile Nakhleh on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," March 13, 2015
- "Republican Idiocy on Iran" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," March 11, 2015
- "Andrew Bacevich, How to Create a National Insecurity State" by Tom Engelhardt and "Rationalizing Lunacy: The Intellectual as Servant of the State" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "TomDispatch.com," March 8, 2015
- "Christians Loving Jews: Benjamin Netanyahu, John Boehner and America’s Evangelicals" by Frank Bruni in "The New York Times," March 7, 2015
- "Netanyahu’s Iran Thing" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," March 6, 2015
- "Drone Program Crashing as Spiritually Damaged Pilots Quit in Droves" by Pratap Chatterjee on "InformedComment.com," March 6, 2015
- "Why America Needs an Iran Deal—and Why Israel Will Inevitably Oppose One: Leverett CNN Op-Ed" by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett on "GoingtoTehran.com," March 5, 2015
- "Mr. Netanyahu’s Unconvincing Speech to Congress," an editorial in "The New York Times," March 3, 2015
- "What Bibi Didn’t Say" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," March 3, 2015
- "Netanyahu a ‘danger’ to Israel, say 200 security veterans" by Jonathan Cook on "MiddleEastEye.net," March 1, 2015
- "The Two Israels" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," Feb 28, 2015
- "Converting the Ayatollahs" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Feb 27, 2015
- "Is Japan’s Prime Minister the Next Putin?" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Affairs, Feb 26, 2015
- "An Emerging Nuclear Deal With Iran," an editorial in "The New York Times," Feb 25, 2015
- "ISIS Heads to Rome" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Feb 25, 2015
- "Iranophobia Complicates the Fight against ISIS" by Eldar Mamedov on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 24, 2015
- "The dangers of labeling terrorism" by Richard Cohen in "The Washington Post," Feb 23, 2015
- "Don’t fight extremism through denial" by Rami G. Khouri in "The Daily Star" (Lebanon), Feb 21, 2015
- "Interpreting Islam to Muslims" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 21, 2015
- "Watching the Same Movie About American War for 75 Years" and "War Porn" by Peter Van Buren on "TomDispatch.com," Feb 19, 2015
- "Fools confuse religion and criminality" by Rami G. Khouri in "The Daily Star" (Lebanon), Feb 18, 2015
- "Islam and the West at War" by Roger Cohen, in "The New York Times," Feb 16, 2015
- "Hillary Mann Leverett on America’s War with the Islamic State, the Iran Nuclear Talks and U.S.-Israeli Relations, and U.S.-Russian Proxy War in Ukraine" posted on "GoingtoTehran.com," Feb 9, 2015 (includes three Feb 8, 2015 MSNBC videos: "Parents of ISIS hostage holding out hope," "Obama’s ‘crusades’ comment sparks firestorm," and "Iran at center of Netanyahu speech controversy.")
- "Reports reveal joint CIA-Mossad operation to kill Hezbollah leader" by "Middle East Eye" staff, Jan 31, 2015
- "Andrew Bacevich, A Hug for the Muddlers" on TomDispatch.com, Jan 29, 2015
- "Save Us From Washington’s Visionaries: In (Modest) Praise of a Comforting Mediocrity" by Andrew J. Bacevich on TomDispatch.com, Jan 29, 2015
- "How Islamist rebels engineered Israel’s oil grab in Syria" by Nafeez Ahmed on "Middle East Eye," Jan 28, 2015
- "US hegemonic quest in Mideast creates chaos," an interview with Flyn Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett in "Global Times, Jan 20, 2015
- "US hegemonic quest in Mideast creates chaos," an interview with Flyn Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett in "Global Times, Jan 20, 2015
- "Doctors without boundaries" by digby on "Hullabaloo," Dec 18, 2014
- "Senate report on CIA torture claims spy agency lied about 'ineffective' program" by Spencer Ackerman, Dominic Rushe & Julian Borger in "The Guardian," Dec 9, 2014
- "The Gift That Keeps Giving" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Dec 2, 2014
- "Obama’s dangerous embrace of war" by Rami G. Khouri in "The Daily Star" (Lebanon), Nov 29, 2014
- "Keep Pushing for an Iran Deal" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Nov 25, 2014
- "China Said to Turn Reef Into Airstrip in Disputed Water" by Jane Perlez in "The New York Times," Nov 23, 2014
- "Let citizens be the arbiters of states" by Rami G. Khouri in "The Daily Star" (Lebanon), Nov 19, 2014
- "The Truth About the Wars" by Daniel P. Bolger in "The New York Times," Nov 10, 2014
- "China Sees Itself at Center of New Asian Order" by Jeremy Page in "The Wall Street Journal," Nov 9, 2014 (with map of New Silk Roads)
- "Why McCain & GOP are Slamming Obama for Writing Iran re: ISIL" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Nov 7, 2014
- "Top 7 Ways US Intervention in Iraq/Syria could turn Catastrophic" by Peter Van Buren on "Informed Comment," Oct 17, 2014
- "Words matter in ‘ISIS’ war, so use ‘Daesh’" by Zeba Khan in "The Boston Globe, Oct 9, 2014
- "The Terrorists have our Number, and do a Number on Washington" by Tom Engelhardt on Tomdispatch.com via "Informed Comment," Oct 8, 2014
- "Let go of grudges against Cuba, Iran" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," Oct 8, 2014
- "ISIS, Boko Haram and Batman" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," by Oct 4, 2014
- "Barack Obama, the Islamic State, and America’s Never-Ending War in the Middle East" by Flynt Leverett on Hillary Mann Leverett on www.goingtotehran.com, Oct 1, 2014
- "What ISIS Could Teach the West" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," Oct 1, 2014
- "Snap Out of It" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Sept 22, 2014
- "Health Agency’s New Assessment of Epidemic Is More Dire Still" by Denise Grady in "The New York Times," Sept 22, 2014
- "ISIS and Washington’s Ignorance About the Sunni-Shia Divide" by Gary Leupp on "Counterpunch.org," Sept 15, 2014
- "U.S. Suspects More Direct Threats Beyond ISIS" by Mark Mazzetti, Michael S. Schmidt & Ben Hubbard in "The New York Times," Sept 20, 2014
- "Suspicions Run Deep in Iraq That C.I.A. and the Islamic State Are United" by David D. Kirkpatrick in "The New York Times," Sept 20, 2014
- "U.S. Faces Tough Struggle on Ground to Oust ISIS" by Michael R. Gordon, Eric Schmitt & Helene Cooper in "The New York Times," Sept 18, 2014
- "U.S. Faces Tough Struggle on Ground to Oust ISIS" by Michael R. Gordon, Eric Schmitt & Helene Cooper in "The New York Times," Sept 18, 2014
- "It’s posse time in the Middle East" by Rami G. Khouri in "The Daily Star" (Lebanon), Sept 17, 2014
- "From D.C. to Syria, a Mess: The ISIS Campaign Is Off to a Shaky Start" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," Sept 17, 2014
- "Obama has No ISIS Strategy" by Peter Van Buren on "WeMeantWell" blog, Sept 16, 2014
- "The Revolt of the Weak" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Sept 1, 2014
- "U.S. Policy Toward the Islamic State and the Folly of Sanctioning Russia" by Hillary Mann Leverett on goingtotehran.com, Aug 31, 2014
- "Order vs. Disorder, Part 3" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Aug 23, 2014
- "Is ISIS a Direct Threat to the U.S.?" by Peter Van Buren on "WeMeantWell.com," Aug 14, 2014
- "Petrodollars, Petroyuan, and the Ongoing Erosion of American Hegemony" by by Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett on goingtotehran.com, July 30, 2014
- "International Law and the Gaza Crisis — and U.S. Policy Toward Russia, Ukraine, and the Iran Nuclear Talks" by Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann Leverett on "GoingtoTehran.com," July 22, 2014
- "Grabbing the Wolf's Tail: Keep Foreign Troops in Afghanistan" by Graeme Smith in "The New York Times," Jan 16, 2014
- "A post-everything moment in the Mideast" by Rami G. Khouri in "The Daily Star" (Lebanon), Jan 8, 2014
- "Top Ten Things Bob Gates was Wrong about, Some Criminal" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 8, 2014
Books:
- Acheson, Dean, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department, 1987
- Bacevich, Andrew J., America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History (2016)
- Bacevich, Andrew, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country (American Empire Project) (2013)
- Bacevich, Andrew J. The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism. 1st edn. New York, NY: Holt Paperbacks, 2009.
- Chayes, Sarah, Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security, 2015
- George Crile, Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Time
- Doran, Michael, Ike's Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, 2016
- Haass, Richard N. Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order. New York, NY : Basic Books, 2013
- Hahn, Steven, A Nation Without Borders: The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910, 2016
- Michael Hastings, The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan
- Chris Hayes, Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
- Johnson, Chalmers, The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic (The American Empire Project), 2005
- Stephen Kinzer, All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
- Kissinger, Henry, World Order (2014)
- Lévy, Bernard-Henri, The Empire and the Five Kings: America's Abdication and the Fate of the World, 2019
- MacMillan, Margaret. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World. New York, NY: Random House, 2001. (especially Part Seven: "Setting the Middle East Alight.")
- Manwaring, Max G., The Complexity of Modern Asymmetric Warfare, 2012
- Manwaring, Max G., et al, The Search for Security: A U.S. Grand Strategy for the Twenty-First Century, 2003
- McAlister, Melani. Epic encounters : culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East, 1945-2000. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001.
- Mitchell, George, The Negotiator: A Memoir, 2015
- Neff, Donald, Warriors at Suez: Eisenhower Takes America into the Middle East, 1983
- Packer, George. The assassins’ gate: America in Iraq. 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
- Perry, William J., My Journey at the Nuclear Brink, 2015
- Rosen, Nir. Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America’s Wars in the Muslim World (New York: The Nation Books, 2010)
- Van Buren, Peter, We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, 2012
- von Tunzelmann, Alex, Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower’s Campaign for Peace, 2016
Book Reviews:
- "‘The Empire and the Five Kings’ Review: The Desert Grows" by Martin Peretz in "The Wall Street Journal," Feb 12, 2019 - a review of The Empire and the Five Kings: America's Abdication and the Fate of the World, by Bernard-Henri Lévy
- "The Conquerers: A New 19th-Century History Focuses on American Imperialism" by Brenda Wineapple in "The New York Times," Dec 16, 2016 (a review of A Nation Without Borders: The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910 by Steven Hahn)
- "Two New Books Spotlight the History and Consequences of the Suez Crisis," (book review of Ike's Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East by Michael Doran, reviewed by David Frum, and book review of Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower’s Campaign for Peace by Alex von Tunzelmann, reviewed by Evan Thomas) in "The New York Times," Oct 12, 2016"
- A Stark Nuclear Warning" by Jerry Brown in "The New York Review of Books," July 14, 2016 (a review of My Journey at the Nuclear Brink by William J. Perry)
- "The Mystery of ISIS" by Anonymous in "The New York Review of Books," Aug 13, 2015, a review of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror by Michael Weiss & Hassan Hassan and ISIS: The State of Terror by Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger
- "Chris Hayes' 'Twilight of the Elites'," a book review by Susan Gardener for "Daily Kos," June 23, 2014
- "Killing Machine," a book review by Fred Kaplan of The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth by Mark Mazzetti in "The New York Times," May 10, 2013
Film:
- Charlie Wilson's War - a drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.(2007)
- "Former Ambassador Fried: West at lowest we've seen since the 1930s" excerpt from "The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC," March 9, 2017
- Are the US and China Doomed to Conflict?, a TED talk by Kevin Rudd, [undated]
- Podcast:
- "ECFR's World in 30 Minutes: Turkey's failed coup" with Mark Leonard, Asli Aydintaşbaş & Jeremy Shapiro of "European Council on Foreign Relations," July 18, 2016