BiographyLeon Hadar, senior analyst at Wikistrat, a geostrategic consulting group, is the author of Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East.
German Diplomacy: Reckless or Clever? From Yugoslavia to Ukraine, Berlin has often opened crises that the United States must step in to resolve. It might be foolishness. It might also be Machiavellian brilliance.
The End of Obama's "More Modest Strategy" for the Middle East They said they wouldn't get tied down. They did.
Israel, Syria and American Moral Hazard Why do Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and others clamor for an intervention they could carry out themselves?
Is There a New Netanyahu? From Rabin to Livni, Israeli hawks have a history of mellowing with age. Some think Bibi has, too.
The Arabs Will Have Their Gettysburgs A more hands-off Middle East policy—like Great Britain's approach to the Confederacy—is worth weighing.
Let the Iraq Syndrome Kick In Weariness of fighting the wrong wars isn't an ailment. It's common sense.
Why Stay in the Middle East? The United States ought consider a smaller role as a balancer of last resort.
