Rather than signify any beginning of weaponizing foreign policy and national security in politics, the 9/11 attacks simply marked the…
In my previous piece on Turkey, written as the coup attempt was underway, I noted that should the coup fail, Erdoğan…
Author’s note: with a Bernie Sanders candidacy again looming over the Democratic Party and the country as a whole, here…
A detailed examination of Trump’s foreign policy speech from a few weeks ago reveals how little substantive thought or ideas…
Without George W. Bush’s presidency, it’s hard to imagine Obama’s 2008 victory; without both, it’s hard to imagine Trump being…
For the crime of terrorism to have weight, we must move globally towards a more specific definition that goes beyond…
Neither candidate can be said to have chipped into the other’s core support as a result of the debate Thursday…
Obama’s final State of the Union speech exemplified him and his presidency, both strengths and weaknesses. In the end, Obama’s…
Sane Republicans and the rest of America saw little to reassure themselves that a sane dark horse would emerge in…
With its focus on national security, the mid-December Republican debate, though a month past, can still serve as a stark…
This is THE ONE chart / infographic you need to see that breaks down the broad components of Obama’s very…
People claiming that the withdrawal from Iraq of U.S. forces carried out by the Obama Administration from 2010-2011 explains the…
GOP Ideas Help ISIS, Endanger Americans Just because Obama’s ISIS, counterterrorism, and Middle East strategy is complex and will not…
In the wake of Turkey’s downing of a Russian military jet that violated its airspace and Russia’s resulting casualties, tensions…
Author’s note: even at this stage of the game in late 2015, it was clear the Republican Party was a…