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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

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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'

Hold the Iran Deal–Killers Accountable

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Stories From Paul Pillar

Personal Information, Government, and the Not-So-Private Sector

The Iran Nuclear Agreement: Listen to the Voices of Experience

How John Bolton Handles Diverse Viewpoints and Expert Analysis

Saudi Fragility, and Why MbS Is No Ataturk

Trump's and Pompeo's Path to Nuclear Crisis

The Korea Talks and Why Policy Processes Matter

Entertaining Our Way into Falsehoods

Unipolar Strategy in a Multipolar World

A Nuclear Standard for Saudi Arabia

The Privatization of U.S. Foreign Policy