LGBT advocates were elated when Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that the Pentagon intended to lift the military’s longstanding ban on transgender members, saying that the current policy was an “outdated, confusing, inconsistent approach that’s contrary to our value of individual merit.” Nine months later, the transgender community is still waiting for the department to […]
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Why Would Netanyahu Want to Remind the World of the Golan Heights?
The Israeli prime minister comes from a movement that suffers from desperate attraction to defiant gestures.
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Can Matteo Renzi Save Europe from Austerity?
The last best hope of Europe’s anti-austerity forces faces an uncertain future.
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The Job-Killing Trade Deal You’ve Never Heard Of: The China Bilateral Investment Treaty
In behind-the-scenes negotiations with China, the Obama administration is pushing a trade compact that could export jobs overseas and erode worker protections. Why?
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When Your Enemy’s Enemy is Your Enemy
A defense of Hezbollah by two Israeli Arab parties is a lesson for progressives on the pitfalls of obsolete rhetoric.
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Will Britain Quit the European Union?
Whether the UK leaves the EU has less to do with turmoil in Europe, and more to do with British politics.
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Isaac Herzog: The Man With Small Answers
The leader of Israel’s Labor Party says he has the solution for the diplomatic deadlock. But he’s really part of the problem.
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Prospect Debate: Should We Fight ISIS?
An exchange over whether the United States should try to press the fight against the Islamic State or abandon it entirely.
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Isolationism is No Answer
How a disciplined and discriminating strategy can defeat ISIS and put the Syrian civil war on the path to a peace accord.
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Response to Starr: The Case for Withdrawing from the War Against ISIS
The war against the Islamic State has become a disastrous, unwinnable quagmire.Â
