Ignoring uncomfortable truths about the Syria conflict keeps getting in the way of sober policymaking. The regime, aided by its Russian and Iranian allies, already has recaptured most rebel-held territory.
Mary Dejevsky: Where is the West as Endgame Looms in Syria?
valdai discussion clubSeptember 19, 2018
It is high time that the US, and especially the UK, accepted that their war in Syria has been lost – or at least that their original objective, the removal of Bashar al-Assad has not been achieved. Are they prepared to pursue the fight now at the expense of Idlib’s 3 million civilians?
Lyle Jeremy Rubin: The Forever War’s Cheerleaders
the nationSeptember 19, 2018
It is one thing to welcome investigations into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election, and to push for electoral and anti-corruption reforms that might help prevent such interference in the future. It is quite another to allow some of the world’s most fervent jingoists to assume the vanguard of the anti-Trump opposition…
NEW REPORT: Global Zero Issues Rebuttal to Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review
Global ZeroSeptember 18, 2018
Yesterday, Global Zero released a comprehensive alternative plan in response to the Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review issued earlier this year, which seeks to expand U.S. nuclear capabilities and loosen restrictions on their use.
Paul Robinson: Mutual Disbelief
irrussianalitySeptember 18, 2018
Western commentary on Russia is often so far removed from reality as to appear deranged.
Mark Penn: Time for sunshine on Trump-Russia investigation
the hillSeptember 18, 2018
The investigation of the Trump campaign, his administration, family and associates has gone on for more than two years without any serious evidence supporting the Russia-Trump collusion theory.
Daniel Larison: Another Pointless Round of NATO Expansion Awaits
TACSeptember 18, 2018
NATO expansion keeps stumbling ahead like the zombie policy that it is.
Bloomberg: Russia, Turkey Tensions on Syria Persist as Putin Meets Erdogan
BBRGSeptember 17, 2018
Russia and Turkey remained at odds over a threatened assault by Russian-backed government forces on the last major rebel bastion in Syria as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin prepared to meet in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
Graham Stack: Everything you know about Paul Manafort is wrong
Kyiv Post September 17, 2018
It is a huge irony of U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into alleged collusion between U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s 2016 election campaign and the Kremlin, that the biggest fish caught to date is charged with the doing the opposite of colluding with Russia…
Al Jazeera English: Is the US hypocritical in attacking Russian election interference?
AJ EnglishSeptember 17, 2018
A quick explainer video…