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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

The Forgotten Benefits of Deterrence

Needed in Syria: Disengagement

The Security Hole in the White House

The Rule of Law in Jeopardy

The Complicated War in Yemen

The Damaging Decline of HPSCI

Lessons From the Tet Offensive, A Half Century Later

Pence Goes Over the Water's Edge

A New Decision to Go to War in Syria

Remember Those Protests in Iran?