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Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.

Commentary

Putin's Power Play in Syria: Did Obama Blink or Wink?

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Oct 16, 2015

Commentary

3 Min Read

Sub-Saharan African migrants are rescued by the Libyan coastguard after their inflatable boat started to sink off the coastal town of Guarabouli, November 20, 2014. There were 108 people rescued from the sinking raft. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

EU Turns Blind Eye to Fuel for Arms Smuggling as Migrants Drown

Commentary

African Jihadi Movements Are an International Issue

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 16, 2015

Commentary

3 Min Read

Commentary

Narcissist in Chief?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 16, 2015

Commentary

2 Min Read

Palestinian protesters hurl rocks at an Israeli armoured vehicle (background) during clashes next to the Jewish settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah on October 19, 2015. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

John Kerry Blames Israel For Palestinian Terror

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Oct 15, 2015

Commentary

8 Min Read

Commentary

Shattered Hopes: A Farewell to European Arms Control?

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Oct 15, 2015

Commentary

1 Min Read

In the Media

Seth Cropsey on Secure Freedom Radio

Seth Cropsey

President, Yorktown Institute

Seth Cropsey

Oct 14, 2015

In the Media

Commentary

The Reality of Sectarian Conflict

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 14, 2015

Commentary

2 Min Read

Silhouette of Challenger tank crewman in turret, circa 1991. (Roger Ryan/Crown Copyright/IWM via Getty Images)

Commentary

The First Gulf War and Its Aftermath

Hillel Fradkin

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World

Lewis Libby

Former Senior Vice President

Hillel Fradkin & Lewis Libby

Oct 14, 2015

Commentary

14 Min Read

Commentary

Increased Missile Threats from the Iran Deal

Henry A. Obering III

Former Director, Missile Defense Agency

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Henry A. Obering III & Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 14, 2015

Commentary

5 Min Read

Russian warcrafts hit the Syrian opposition controlled town Daret Ezza in Aleppo, Syria on October 13, 2015. (Mamun Abu Omer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

Unexpectedly, The Middle East Meltdown Continues

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Nicholas M. Gallagher

Staff Writer, The American Interest

Walter Russell Mead & Nicholas M. Gallagher

Oct 12, 2015

Commentary

10 Min Read

Hundreds of Assyrians protest in front of the European parliament in Brussels, March, 23, 2015. (Jonathan Raa/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Commentary

ISIS and Religious Genocide in the Mideast