The Globalist

Pakistan’s machinations and America’s past delusions pose obstacles to a successful strategic outcome for the war In Afghanistan.

Opium is an ever-larger source of funds and legitimacy for the once anti-drug Afghan insurgency.

Nearly ten years after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, how is the country faring?

Could the only remaining hope for a peaceful Iraq lie with Moqtada Sadr?

How should the United States change its plans for rebuilding Iraq?

What does it take to become The Globalist’s Person of the Year 2004?

Is Saudi Arabia doing more than it is getting credit for?

What key lesson should Poland’s 1980s experience have provided for the liberation of Iraq?

Can John Kerry get the Europeans to help more in Iraq?

Did the West’s attempts at dominance in the Middle East create an Arab culture of resistance?