August 9, 2017

The Kirkpatrick Doctrine in Syria

Decades of arguing over the tactics of intervention and non-intervention caused us to lose focus on a general strategy grounded in our most fundamental values. 

September 18, 2015

A More Dangerous Place: the Kagan-Slaughter Debate

To the degree Obama has chosen to draw back and play down American power internationally, he has to that degree made the world more dangerous, not less.

December 19, 2013

Geopolitical Winds Shifting in the Levant

Lebanon appears more and more to be the key to dominance of the Middle East.

January 2, 2011

Why We Need a New Foreign Policy in Lebanon

Throwing American money away in Lebanon.

August 15, 2010

Lebanon Positioned to Take a Beating

The gods of geopolitics have once again forsaken Lebanon. Along with the Lebanese people, the big losers are America and Israel.