FOREIGN POLICY

Iranians Are Mad as Hell About Their Foreign Policy

2018-01-03

The adventures of Tehran abroad have triggered anger at home

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Germany Is Preparing to Send Refugees Back to Syria

2017-12-06

Syria’s war is not over, but a growing number of German policymakers are trying to revoke asylum and send Syrians back home

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Qatar Doesn’t Need a Blockade. It Needs an Audit

2017-06-17

This is Dohas chance to curtail its financial support for Al Qaeda as long as it keeps the receipts

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Trump’s Middle East Trip Is Full of Traps

2017-05-19

Trump will have to be disciplined in what he promises

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The Worst Mistake of Trump’s First 100 Days

2017-04-26

There’s plenty of blunders to choose from, but only one clear winner

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Democracy Dies in Trump’s Darkness

2017-04-24

The administration has failed to explain the rationale for a series of aggressive manned and unmanned missions

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The Arab World’s American Savior Complex

2017-04-24

The Middle East may be cheering Trump’s Syria strike today, but they’ll be cursing his name the next

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Leaked Records Show Shell’s Complicity in Massive Oil Corruption Scandal

2017-04-14

Subsequent conversation sheds light on Shell’s complicity in one of the largest corruption scandals in Big Oil’s history

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Did Trump get played by the king of Jordan like someone new to the region?

2017-04-14

Jordan has borne some of the heaviest burdens of the Syrian war

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When the Mob Rules, Everyone Is a Target

2017-01-22

Trump’s ochlocracy brings dangers and threats that the Republic has not witnessed since Joe McCarthy. Do we even know how to fight back?

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Will Trump Stay or Go in Iraq?

2016-12-12

Should the next administration seek to maintain an ongoing U.S. military presence in post-caliphate Iraq?

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Angela Merkel’s Test of Faith

2016-12-07

Germany can either save Europe or refugees not both. To stem the rise of the far-right, the chancellor will be forced to make gut-wrenching decisions

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Archaeologists Just Discovered a Bronze-Age City in Northern Iraq

2016-11-12

Took some digging, but there’s finally good news coming out of Iraq

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Can Donald Trump Be a Good President?

2016-11-09

Is it possible we were wrong about Trump’s governing prospects?

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The Islamic State Just Wants to Watch the World Burn

2016-10-30

As Iraqi forces bear down on Mosul, the jihadi group is setting oil wells ablaze, using civilians as human shields, and executing those who try to flee

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For Iraqi Christians, a Bittersweet Homecoming

2016-10-30

They’re taking their homes and churches back from the Islamic State. But it may be too late to start over

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The Perils of a Post-ISIS Iraq

2016-09-27

In Kirkuk, the extremist group's defeat risks rekindling old ethnic and religious conflicts unless cooler heads prevail

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The Night Erdogan Almost Lost Turkey

2016-07-16

Army generals are attempting to topple the president — but whoever comes out on top, Turkish democracy is sure to lose

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Islamic State Kills Dozens in Attack on Shia Shrine

2016-07-10

a series of three suicide bombers attacked the Mausoleum of Sayid Mohammed bin Ali al-Hadi

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The ‘Leave’ Camp Won. That Doesn’t Mean Brexit Will Happen

2016-06-29

Referendums aren’t binding. Just ask the Greeks, who voted to reject EU austerity measures and then saw their government cave anyway

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Bahrain Tightens the Screws

2016-06-29

Years after promising democratic reforms, Bahrain’s government is going after its critics with a new vigor. How long will London and Washington hold their tongues?

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Here’s How the Brexit Will Actually Work

2016-06-27

The basics of what happens next are outlined in Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty

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The Era of Cheap Oil Is Coming to an End

2016-06-22

Prices have been low for more than two years. With demand rising and supply falling, that’s all beginning to change

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The Liberation of Fallujah, the Fall of Baghdad

2016-05-28

Securing the Iraqi capital won’t be easy, but keeping Baghdad safe from the Islamic State is the only way to ensure it doesn’t fall to Shiite militias

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