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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

It's Time to Explain the 'Libya Model'

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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

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

Syrian and Russian soldiers are seen at a checkpoint near Wafideen camp in Damascus, Syria March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki/File Photo

An Unending U.S. War in Syria?

A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag during a protest against Jewish settlements in the village of Ras Karkar, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank August 30, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokma

How the Trump Administration Is Pressuring Palestine

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani attends a news conference at the Chancellery in Vienna, Austria July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

This Is How to Achieve Progress With Iran

Why Does the U.S. Support War Crimes in Yemen?

U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division troops listen as President Donald Trump speaks before signing the National Defense Authorization Act at Fort Drum, New York, U.S., August 13, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

What If the Mueller Investigation Pushed Trump to Attack Iran?

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

A Houthi militant takes part in a parade held to mark 1000 days of the Saudi-led military intervention in the Yemeni conflict, in Sanaa, Yemen December 19, 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Counterproductive Counterterrorism in Afghanistan and Yemen