Memo: Don’t panic yet over Trump
Pulling your hair out over Donald Trump? Don’t panic yet. Soon the President-elect will start feeling cross-currents. It’s the rule of...
Read MoreTrump: Sobering thoughts on his policy agenda
We asked four experts — Carroll Bogert (human rights), Tom Burke (environment), Alan Wheatley (international economy) and Alex Nicoll (defense...
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Ok, Trump wins. Time to get to work.
Trump has won, and Clinton has lost. Half of America is elated, half is afraid. It’s an historic moment in America. Now, time to get to work....
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Lessons from the tragedy of Syria
Five and a half years after its civil war erupted, Syria descends into the abyss as the world watches. What lessons can we draw from this tragedy? A...
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Thailand loses a revered father figure, the king
People would approach him on their hands and knees, so revered was Thailand’s king, who has died after ruling over the nation for 70 years....
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World turns blind eye to Yemen war horrors
Yemen’s civil war has accelerated the collapse of a fragmented Arab state, but don’t hold your breath for international action to...
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What are the biggest threats to U.S. security?
What are the biggest security threats the U.S. will face under its next president? Several hundred high school students have tackled that question....
Read MoreISIS doomed, but roots must be tackled
By Nelson Graves The Islamic State movement will probably be destroyed militarily in the next year, but the roots of the radical group will survive...
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Turkey’s move against Kurds alters conflict in Syria
Turkey’s first ground intervention in Syria’s war aims to prevent an independent state for Kurds and changes the dynamics in the...
Read MoreIt’s time for the West to stand by Turkey
By Ruben Tjon-A-Meeuw It was hardly a coincidence. Mere hours before U.S. Vice President Joe Biden landed in Ankara to stress the significance of...
Read MoreHow has Europe failed in the Middle East?
The European Union has failed to bring peace to the Middle East and needs to rethink its strategy if it wants to help end conflicts in the region...
Read MoreU.S. missiles recall Cold War tensions
By Giulia Morpurgo The opening of a new U.S. missile defense base in Romania has sparked protest from Russia and will be high on the agenda of next...
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Why did Russia let Ukraine’s “Joan of Arc” go?
Russia has released pilot Nadiya Savchenko, Ukraine’s “Joan of Arc,” from prison. Does Vladimir Putin want the EU to drop...
Read MoreFor a change, good news from Arabia
By Bernd Debusmann Good news from the Arab world is an increasingly rare commodity. But there are exceptions. Take the United Arab Emirates, where a...
Read MoreLessons from the retaking of Palmyra
By William Watkins When Syrian armed forces recaptured the ancient desert city of Palmyra from the Islamic State jihadist movement in March, the...
Read MoreWorld of senseless violence, selfless good
By Ally Oh We’re always told to look for the good — the silver lining, the upside, the half-full glass — but it’s not always that easy...
Read MoreWatch out for anti-Islam language
By Nelson Graves Beware misconceptions about Islam that can mar Western accounts of society and politics in Muslim-majority nations. That was the...
Read MoreWhy I signed the anti-Trump letter
Last month dozens of foreign policy experts in the U.S. Republican Party issued a letter denouncing Donald Trump’s worldview and vowing to...
Read MoreFighting erupts between ex-Soviet states in Caucasus
By Rashad Mammadov Forgotten by most outsiders for the past 22 years, a frozen conflict between two former Soviet states, Azerbaijan and Armenia,...
Read MoreVeteran journalist named News-Decoder editor
Robert Holloway, a veteran journalist who has worked around the world, has joined News-Decoder as editor. A former senior editor and...
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