Sanctions Relief for Syria Now

The end of Assad’s rule makes most U.S. sanctions on Syria obsolete, so naturally hawks in Congress want to keep them in place: Republican and Democratic U.S. senators say it is too soon to consider lifting sanctions on Syria following the removal of President Bashar...

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Attacking Iran Would Be Insane

According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump is considering military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities: President-elect Donald Trump is weighing options for stopping Iran from being able to build a nuclear weapon, including the possibility of preventive...

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Can We Ever Just Mind Our Own Business?

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Attacks on Iran are already being explored by the incoming Trump administration, which put me to mind of this article I wrote in 2016. Collectively, the U.S. government and its apparatus is the world’s biggest...

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The Failure of Yoon’s Desperate Power Grab

More than a week after Yoon’s attempted coup, the South Korean president is digging in his heels and refusing to quit. Yoon is now under investigation for insurrection, and he is under a travel ban so that he cannot leave the country. The disgraced president delivered...

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