Blog Posts

Peaceful Protest and Palestinian Rights

Paul R. Pillar | May 15, 2012

Gains from the Palestinian hunger strike were meager, but they may be enough to sustain a new form of dissent.

Robert Golan-Vilella | May 14, 2012

Robert W. Merry | May 11, 2012

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 19, 2012

The Israeli and American postures toward the ruling party in Gaza are stuck in a time warp.

The Editors | Apr 19, 2012

The pundit's latest effort belies his refusal to accept the truth about America's newest lost war.

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 16, 2012

Self-righteousness and inflexibility in the House will be just as destructive now as they were in the nineteenth century.

Benjamin H. Friedman | Apr 05, 2012

Assad's fall, like Qaddafi's, is likely to produce extended illiberal chaos or a new set of autocrats.

Ted Galen Carpenter | Apr 03, 2012

A corrupt, divided, hostile Baghdad is not much of a reward for nearly a trillion U.S. tax dollars and 4,400 dead American soldiers.

Paul R. Pillar | Apr 01, 2012

In the Middle East, Washington must look beyond the ostensibly pressing situations of the moment.

Paul R. Pillar | Mar 29, 2012

It is not in a superpower's interest to get sucked into projects of someone with a King David complex.