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September 10, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Navy Secretary Casually Admits Iran “Blew the Hell” out of U.S. Base
The acting Navy secretary says Iran has in fact done quite a bit of damage.
June 23, 2025
Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani
Iran Begins Its Retaliation After Trump’s Decision to Bomb the Country
Iran has fired missiles toward U.S. bases in Qatar and Iraq.
April 26, 2018
Alex Gladstein
Why Dictators Love Development Statistics
They're an easily faked way to score international points.
June 9, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump just contradicted his own secretary of state—again.
June 5, 2017
Jeet Heer
This is what happens when you embolden Saudi Arabia.
July 10, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
A Middle East Expert Explains Assad's Dangerous Charm, ISIS's Plans, and the Future of the Region
An Interview With Robert Ford, the Former Ambasssador to Syria
July 13, 2011
Martin Peretz
Sinking Fast
March 28, 2011
Steven Metz
An Obama Doctrine?
March 22, 2011
John B. Judis
How the Left Got Libya Wrong
March 21, 2011
Leon Wieseltier
We Intervene
March 20, 2011
The Editors
In Libya, Obama Finally Did the Right Thing
March 18, 2011
Jonathan Chait
The Libya Question Is Only About Libya
March 17, 2011
Leon Wieseltier
After Ecstasy
March 15, 2011
Martin Peretz
Tel Aviv Journal: Obama’s Scandalous Approach to the Middle East
February 24, 2011
Martin Peretz
The Peace Process Fallacy
August 17, 2010
Dore Gold
Historical Fiction
April 27, 2010
Martin Peretz
Who Says That Obesity Affects Only The Poor?
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City on a Hill
March 3, 2003
Azar Nafisi
They the People
November 4, 2002
Eli Lake
Noise Pollution

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