To retain their royal power, the House of Saud is prepared to take the world down with them.
Saudi Arabia: Six Questions the United States Must Ask
On Iran, the Middle East and terrorism, it does not behoove the United States to play an understudy to Saudi Arabia.
The True Genius of America’s Sports Empires
Unlike FIFA, professional teams in the U.S. have no need to resort to criminality or corruption to enrich themselves.
Obama Goes Atlantic: Between Vanity and Reflection
How U.S. Presidents focus on shaping their image for posterity.
The United States: Still Trapped by Fear
What is keeping Americans in a September 2001 mentality almost a decade and a half later?
Obama: Master of Dissociation
What happens when the world’s presumably most powerful man plays the role of participant-observer while still in the Oval Office?
How Clintonism Loses the White House
How Clintonism sabotaged Democrats, aided Republicans and tripped up Hillary Clinton herself.
Known Unknowns: Left in the Dark on Mideast Policy
What is the state of U.S. media and political class 14 years into the “war on terror”?
Ending the War in Syria and Iraq: Strategic Steps
A responsible military and political plan to isolate ISIS geographically, militarily and diplomatically.