Reality Check
List of Reality Check articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Naïveté of Distance
The befuddled response to Russia's Crimea takeover shows that America needs a refresher on how the rest of the world actually thinks and works.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 To Boldly Lead From Behind?
How Star Trek's Prime Directive explains Obama's foreign policy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Confidence Man
John Kerry has the skill, toughness, and ego to be a great secretary of state. But will the world let him?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Is Israel Doomed?
Why even dangerous demographics and the receding horizon of peace won't dim the lights in Jerusalem.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Does America Still Have a Special Relationship with Israel and Saudi Arabia?
And, if so, is it even worth keeping?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Empty Promises
Can Obama deliver on Israel and Iran -- or is he overreaching?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Shrinking
Why the Middle East is less and less important for the United States.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Advantage: Iran
Does the U.S. stand a chance against Tehran, the nimble, canny free agent of nuclear negotiations?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Bibi Should Rest Easy
Obama is not going to sell out Israel in an Iran deal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
Why a Meatloaf song should guide the U.S. approach to Iran, Syria, and Israel-Palestine.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Tally
From Putin to pundits, here are the 10 winners and losers of the U.S.-Russian deal on Syria’s chemical weapons.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Obama Afford Not to Bomb Syria?
The White House seems to be confusing the least bad option with a strategic necessity.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Making a Virtue Out of a Necessity
The four reasons it was inevitable that Obama would go to Congress on Syria.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Limits of Action
Let's face it: Obama has limited interest, limited options, and limited reasons to get involved in Syria.