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Intelligence Failure in the Trump Era

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What Is a Rogue State?

Iraqi protesters stand on concrete blast walls during a protest near the building of the government office in Basra, Iraq September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani

Unhappy Iraq, Buffeted from Within and Without

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv March 18, 2015. Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel's election after exit polls showed he had erased his center-left rivals' lead with a hard rightward shi

Israel Is Not a Liberal Democracy

Palestinian demonstrators are seen as smoke rises from burning tires during a protest marking the 70th anniversary of Nakba, at the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip May 15, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

The Palestinians and Nuclear Weapons

The Perils of Territorial Annexation

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump walks to board the Marine One helicopter to begin his travel to Mississippi from the White House in Washington, U.S. November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

The History of American Nationalism

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Why Saudi Arabia Will Acquire Nuclear Weapons

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The MEK and the Bankrupt U.S. Policy on Iran

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Post–Election Foreign Policy Trouble

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The Khashoggi Case and Tribalism Run Amok

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Trump Faces the Khashoggi Affair

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What Is a Rogue State?

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Trump Doesn't Have the Global Clout to Put America First

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is seen through a camera eyepiece as he addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Iran Policy and Misusing the Fear of Terrorism

A United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation military observer uses binoculars near the border with Syria in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israel May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Russian-Israeli Conflict in the Skies of Syria