Via The Atlantic, this short video on photographer Kate Brooks and her journeys to post-9/11 conflict zones to document the impact of war on civilians is well worth a watch.  

At The National Interest, Joe Costa claims that, in the wake of Iranian president Hassan Rowhani's election, "the world is the closest it has been to that fine balance in nuclear negotiations with Iran." There is a new willingness to reach a deal, he argues, and U.S....

The takeaway from the scandal over the detention by British authorities of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald's partner, David Miranda, should be obvious: it was an egregious abuse of power by a desperate and cretinous government. Miranda was detained for 9 hours,...

The Onion has a commentary up by someone bravely pronouncing his willingness to die for his country. Or...a country. As a true patriot, I would gladly die in battle defending my homeland. I love my country more than my own life. But I would also be more than willing...

Hosni Mubarak, the former U.S.-backed dictator of Egypt who was arrested and tried after being ousted by a popular revolt two years ago, is going to be released from custody within the next two days. I read this news this morning, after a piece of mine was published...

Following up on Kelley Vlahos's brilliant post about the ongoing failure of the U.S.'s vaunted surge in Iraq, an important question arises as to why Iraq remains on the verge of civil war. It is not, as many seem to think, for mysterious and complex reasons that are...

Think back a couple weeks and recall the political narratives accompanying Obama's pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, the journalist and Harvard scholar at the forefront of the debate over humanitarian interventions for the past decade....

Marc Lynch at Foreign Policy: With blood in Egypt's streets and a return to a state of emergency, it's time for Washington to stop pretending. Its efforts to maintain its lines of communication with the Egyptian military, quietly mediate the crisis, and help lay the...

In a new report, the International Crisis Group suggests the election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani does present a potential diplomatic opening, and that the U.S. should organize direct bilateral engagement with Iran (as opposed to the hollow P5+1). "Now is not...

Massive protests are planned for tomorrow, August 14, in Bahrain. The dictator and king of Bahrain, also a close friend and ally of the United States, issued this warning ahead of the planned demonstrations: "The government will forcefully confront suspect calls to...