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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad (L) during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 20, 2015. (ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Obama's Crumbling Syria Strategy

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Feb 11, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

The Tamar drilling natural gas production platform 25 kilometers West of the Ashkelon shore on March 28, 2013 in Israel. (Albatross via Getty Images)

Commentary

Will Israel's Natural-Gas Fields Ever Get Developed?

Arthur Herman

Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Feb 8, 2016

Commentary

11 Min Read

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaking of Vermont at a town meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, July 18, 2015. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Commentary

Bernie's Adventures on a Stalinist Kibbutz

Ronald Radosh

Former Adjunct Fellow

Ronald Radosh

Feb 6, 2016

Commentary

5 Min Read

Commentary

Libya Winning Race for Site of Obama's Next War?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Feb 5, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

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The ‘Washington Post’ Pulls Out of Iran, While the ‘New York Times’ Cashes In

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Feb 5, 2016

Commentary

5 Min Read

Commentary

Assad Attacks as Talks Falter

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Feb 4, 2016

Commentary

2 Min Read

A police officer inspects a vehicle after a bomb went off near Gulbahar Police Station in Peshawar, Pakistan, April 24, 2015. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have claimed responsibility for the attack. (Asianet-Pakistan / Barcroft Indi via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Role Pakistan Plays

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Feb 3, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

US Vice President Joe Biden (L) gestures next to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a meeting at Yildiz Mabeyn Palace on January 23, 2016 in Istanbul. (SEDAT SUNA/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Turkey's Syria Problem

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Jan 30, 2016

Commentary

6 Min Read

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Reto Islamista

Military personnel arrive in a Chinook before Iraqi soldiers take part in a live-fire exercise for under the surveillance of US-led coalition forces at Basmaya base, Iraq on January 27, 2016. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Appeasing Iran Hurts Us in Iraq, Too

Max Boot

Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Michael Pregent

Former Senior Fellow

Max Boot & Michael Pregent

Jan 25, 2016

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5 Min Read

Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants take part in an anti-Israel rally in the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 18, 2015. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Obama, Terror & ISIS: Israel Knows What Obama Ignores

Hillel Fradkin

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World

Lewis Libby

Former Senior Vice President

Hillel Fradkin & Lewis Libby

Jan 25, 2016

Commentary

5 Min Read

U.S. President Barack Obama, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R), at the White House November 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Commentary

Obama Misunderstands Iran on Hostage Negotiations