On the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War, some in Congress are itching for another ill-advised conflict.
Matthew Duss
Matthew Duss is president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace and a contributing writer for the Prospect. You can follow him on Twitter @mattduss.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Third Intifada?
The death of a Palestinian prisoner may trigger widespread unrest in the West Bank.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Senate Tested, Iran Approved?
Complaints about Chuck Hagel grow more cartoonish by the day.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Senate-Hearing Circus Is in Session
Republican senators asked all the wrong questions, and the defense secretary nominee evaded all the right answers.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ending the Mindset that Got Us into Iraq
The Hagel pick makes Obama look far less timid than he did during first-term nominating battles—and far more likely to follow up on his big 2008 foreign policy promises.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What the Attacks on Hagel Tell Us
As the world and U.S. foreign policy have changed, the potential secretary of Defense nominee has adjusted his views—a fact that has the neocons in a dander.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Gaza Cease-Fire: A Beginning, Not an End
Last week’s successful negotiations will be a failure of leadership if they do not pave the way for an end to the occupation.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Israel’s Airstrike Gamble
What—beyond temporarily reducing militants’ long-range rocket capabilities—does the country hope to achieve by launching attacks in the Gaza Strip?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Neocons’ Long Game
Romney may have backed away from his party’s most powerful foreign policy contingent in last night’s debate, but don’t expect the fuzzy moderate feelings to last if he ends up in the White House.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Netanyahu and the Magic Marker
The Israeli prime minister waxes hyperbolic on Iran, overshadowing discussions on the solutions that exist for the Middle East’s political woes.