In responding to Iran, the U.S. should take the Godfather’s advice
The underappreciated success of Iraqi democracy
The last thing American life needs now is more barricades
Washington PostJonah BaderWashington D-C-, Washington, Congress, violent extremism, Terrorism, United States, United Kingdom, diplomacy, Afghanistan, Iraq, 9/11
Trump does not have a foreign policy. He has a series of impulses.
Washington PostJonah Baderforeign policy, Donald Trump, Syria, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, military, Iran, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, trade, China, Iraq
The Self-Destruction of American Power
The Trump whisperer and his dark worldview
Washington PostJonah BaderJohn Bolton, Donald Trump, conservative, Iraq, Dick Cheney, Russiak, Cuba, Venezuela, Monroe Doctrine, Kiron Skinner, Cold War, China, Theodore Roosevelt
There’s a lot to be optimistic about these days. And then there’s the Middle East.
Washington PostJonah BaderBashar al-Assad, foreign policy, Henry Kissinger, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Israel, Kurds, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United States, Vali Nasr, Yemen
Why surprise attacks won't defeat the Islamic State
The failures of success
The consequences of the oil bust
Don't expect Iran to change overnight
Washington PostFareed ZakariaBarack Obama, Deng Xiaoping, Henry Kissinger, Iran, Iraq, Mao Zedong, Middle East, nuclear deal, Richard Nixon, Vietnam, Zhou Enlai
Talking to terrorists is the only way to defeat them
Iraq exists only as an idea, not a nation
Obama needs to dial back his Syria strategy
Can we defeat the Islamic State?