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The reaction to the multinational strike on Assad’s chemical weapons facilities, the political crisis in Libya, and the Gulf feud’s latest casualty: Emirati-Somali ties.
Can a one-off military strike deter Syria’s Assad from using chemical weapons again? The data suggests no.
Are they ready for the consequences of abrogating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action?
Advisers are warning Trump against plans to pull out, protests turn deadly on Israel-Gaza border, and Sisi gets his second term.
The Iran deal is slipping away, Turkey looks beyond Afrin, and Egypt votes in Sisi’s election-turned-referendum.
The United States needs a plan for when its nonproliferation policy doesn't work.
Despite new policies, American social media companies are still being exploited by terrorists. The Trump administration needs to do more to change that.
The new plan laid out by Sec. Tillerson has noble goals, but hurts U.S. credibility by overpromising.
Iran cracks down on protests, Saudi economic reforms stoke royal divisions, and the Trump administration considers cuts to Palestinian aid.
President Trump’s aspirations have not changed. But the would-be tyrant is hemmed in by institutional constraints, political unpopularity and his own personality defects.