This Is How Great-Power Wars Get Started
Not with a bang, but basic strategic confusion in Washington about the links between Syria, Qatar, Iran, and Russia.
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David Bosco
Max Boot
Rosa Brooks
Thanassis Cambanis
Elizabeth Dickinson
Laurie Garrett
Kim Ghattas
Julia Ioffe
Leela Jacinto
Whitney Kassel
Jeffrey Lewis
Aaron David Miller
Suzanne Nossel
Thomas E. Ricks
David Rothkopf
Kori Schake
Emile Simpson
James Stavridis
Bruce Stokes
James Traub
Stephen M. Walt
Lauren Wolfe
Michela Wrong
Micah Zenko
That Time Theresa May Forgot That Elections Come With Opponents
The prime minister saw an election as a simple step on her Brexit checklist. Turns out not everyone felt the same way.
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Jared Kushner’s Growing Stench of Treason
Nobody knows yet whether the president's son-in-law broke any laws. But "traitor" is more than just a legal term.
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Ego-Maniac Revolutions Don’t Last
The closest analogy for Donald Trump is Henry VIII — and Steve Bannon may not have his ear for long.
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Stop the Hand-Wringing About Aleppo
What’s happening in Syria is a tragedy – but nobody has ever been willing to do what’s necessary to stop it.
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The Two-Hundred-Year Era of ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ Is Over
The political categories we've inherited are obsolete, but we don’t have anything to replace them with yet.
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Vladimir of Arabia
It's not just Syria: Russia has been quietly building power throughout the Middle East – and challenging America’s superpower status.
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Mosul and Aleppo Are Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
Two of the biggest cities in Iraq and Syria are about to fall. But the wars aren't any closer to ending.
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OPEC Is in its Death Throes
The latest bluster by Saudi Arabia won't scare America’s oil producers – or solve its own existential crisis.
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The Misguided Logic of Keeping Calm in the Face of Terror
No, chances are you won’t die in a terrorist attack. But citing statistics about calculated horror misses the point.
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About Emile Simpson
Emile Simpson is a research fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. He was formerly a British Army officer.
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