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VIEWPOINT: Rhetoric Sways Muslim Base

By Moez Hayat September 13, 2016

Although I spent most of the summer trying to ignore media coverage of the U.S. presidential election, it was nearly impossible. Watching clips from the Democratic National Convention, I was astonished...

Trump Talks Foreign Policy

By Charlotte Allen April 29, 2016

A day after he swept 118 delegates in five state primaries, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivered a speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday in which he delineated...

GREGORY: The Convoluted Kurdish Question

By Matthew Gregory April 26, 2016

Every time a politician suggests a new approach to Middle East policy, the Kurdish ethnic group comes up as an unlikely ally. “We need to arm the Kurds now,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R - Texas) said in September....

GREGORY: Two Foes And A Fragile Alliance

By Matthew Gregory April 12, 2016

Istanbul’s Istiklal Street is the city’s main commercial thoroughfare, containing a variety of businesses and connecting the famous landmarks Taksim Square and Galata Tower. On weekends, around 3 million...

Cautious Optimism After Iran’s Elections

By Matt Gregory March 18, 2016

Voters in the Islamic Republic of Iran turned out en masse Feb. 26 to elect representatives for parliament and the 88-member Assembly of Experts tasked with appointing the country’s next supreme leader....

BOBROSKE: Its Odd Being an American Abroad

BOBROSKE: It’s Odd Being an American Abroad

By Alexander Bobroske September 18, 2015

I have lived in Ecuador and am now in South Africa, and in both places, I’ve experienced a full array of commentaries on my American nationality. First, there are the paranoid people in South America...

Investing in a US-Indian Partnership

By James Gadea January 16, 2015

Since 2011, the Obama administration has utilized a program called “Pivot to Asia,” where, through diplomacy and trade, it aims to balance the growth of Chinese power and influence and capture (and...

In Taiwan, a Call to Uphold US Values

By Annie Chen March 28, 2014

Nearly 35 years ago next month, the U.S. Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act, an act that has defined U.S. relationships with the small island country ever since. On this historic anniversary, the...

Lean Back? OK.

Lean Back? OK.

By KP and KP February 26, 2014

Recently, Georgetown University Law Center professor Rosa Brooks made social media waves by denouncing Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's on-the-go "lean-in" lifestyle in Foreign Policy. Brooks writes: Ladies,...

America’s Recycled Cold War Strategy

By David Edelstein February 14, 2014

This fall, the world will mark the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall. Those of us who lived through that period in history vividly recall the euphoria of the moment as celebrating Berliners...

HOLLANDER: Still Too Early to Label Obama a Lame Duck

By Evan Hollander December 6, 2013

Almost a full year into his second term, President Barack Obama has lurched from one disaster to the next and has little to show for his thumping of Mitt Romney last November. However, with a more modest...

Rethinking the Politics Behind a US Embargo

By Faisal Husain November 1, 2013

On Tuesday, 188 of 193 nation members of the United Nations General Assembly voted for the 22ndyear in a row for a resolution that condemns U.S. sanctions against Cuba. Only Israel joined the United States...

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