Trump’s aim to eradicate the Iranian regime seems for now an unlikely scenario.
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A Brief History of America’s Involvement in Iran
For many younger Americans, this is the first U.S. war in the Middle East. Here’s how we got here.
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Time to End the American-Israeli Alliance
Alliances are built on shared interests. Those do not exist here.
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Whatever It Takes
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has gone to great lengths to cling to power.
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The Blowback From an Unpopular Iran War
Trump’s Iran campaign may have the surprising effect of putting foreign policy back into the hands of American voters.
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In Memoriam: Britain’s Labour Party
Labour’s move away from its working-class roots and to the right cemented its political demise.
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Iraq, Iran, Irate
Saddam Hussein and Iran’s ayatollahs were horrendous leaders who inflicted horrors on their subjects, but neither posed a threat to the United States, despite claims that both were developing nuclear weapons.
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What the Possibility of War Is Like for an Iranian-American
The convergence of the two authoritarian republics is unmistakable.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Got Railroaded. Good.
Elite accountability is vital, even if it comes in a less-than-perfect package.
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Do Democrats Have a Plan for the Post-Trump World Order?
A party tries to figure it out in real time, on the world stage in Munich.