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Western Leaders Should Think Twice Before Removing Foreign Dictators March 22, 2025

Libya. Iraq. Syria. All were countries that suffered under the decades-long reign of brutal dictators. All have been swept up into anarchic spells of violence and terror after the West moved to overthrow those dictators. With last weekend’s news of t...

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The Quid Pro Quo for Peace in Ukraine March 22, 2025

President Trump promises a rapprochement with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Before we dismiss this as a pipedream, we should understand the options that Trump has in dealing with President Putin. What will be the quid pro quo for peace in Ukraine...

Making Sense of Syria’s Surge in Violence March 13, 2025

The violence that convulsed Syria recently was not unexpected. Although the family of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad and others close to them escaped to Russia and the United Arab Emirates, a fair number of Assad loyalists, many of them well armed, ...

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Syria Shows Dangerous Signs of Iraq’s Post-Saddam Chaos March 13, 2025

Democracy and peace are not guaranteed when a dictator falls — sometimes, a country’s fate turns uglier and messier. ...

Israel Must Help Druze Achieve Self-Determination March 07, 2025

There is no reason to believe that the situation of Druze and other minorities will improve following the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. ...

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A New World of Nation States March 06, 2025

People rushed to take sides in the row between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. For many in Europe, it allegedly proved that Trump is some sort of cross between a Hitler clone and a Putin puppet. For others, esp...

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How the War Party Lost March 05, 2025

The Feb. 28 Oval Office brawl between Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump, and JD Vance offered a stark reminder that, all too often, wars do not end when rational calculation would dictate an end, but rather when all those who want to fight to the deat...

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