Foreign Policy in Focus

Establishing a pro-Western government in Damascus and inflicting damage on Iran is an illusion.

Emphasis, as always, added.

The Israel lobby is responsible for its fair share of catastrophes–but the Iraq war is not among them.

The peace movement needs to make it clear not only what we are against, but what we are for.

It’s often forgotten that of the nine killed by Israeli commandos on the Mavi Marmara in 2010, one was an American citizen.

It’s time to seize upon AIPAC’s strategic blunder of singling Israel out for special treatment in Washington and push for an end to U.S. military aid to Israel.

The Syrian government and the opposition trade accusations about using chemical weapons and propagandizing the attacks.

Jordanians carefully scrutinized Jeffrey Goldberg’s article about King Abdullah in the Atlantic.

Morocco won’t be able to put off the issue of Western Sahara’s right to sovereignty indefinitely.

And, were she found guilty again, would the United States extradite Amanda Knox?

Unless a tactical shift in the balance of power occurs, it is unlikely that either the regime or the rebels will gain control of Syria’s entire territory.

In part, the Vietnam War was perceived as a message that the U.S. would not be intimidated by a Chinese nuclear-weapons program.

Putting aside even Iraq’s horrifying descent into sectarian violence, the United States did a spectacularly poor job of governing the country.

Cognitive dissonance aside, Buddhists — including monks — take up arms against Muslims in Burma while the government stands by.

Pope Francis’ passivity in the face of the brutal Argentine military government fails to inspire confidence.

An Argentinian fatwa, a blustering Saddam Hussein.

Would you recognize a torturer if you saw one?

Sexual Minorities Uganda has accused evangelical pastor Scott Lively of promoting anti-gay sentiment and policy in Uganda.

President Morsi is caught between the IMF, with its demand for austerity measures, and protestors.

An organization intended, in part, to assess coastal protection and geo-hazards seems, instead, to be working on behalf of Lockheed Martin.