Ratcheting up the Rhetoric on Iran
December 12, 2011 | The Democratic Party has tried to out-hawk Republicans since the early days of the Cold War.
Articles by Chris Toensing
Blocking Palestinian Statehood
September 26, 2011 | The Obama administration looks particularly bad, having spent so much diplomatic energy throughout the Arab Spring pledging to realign U.S. interests in the Middle East with American values of freedom, justice, and dignity.
Washington’s Physics Problem in Iraq
July 11, 2011 | There's a growing bipartisan consensus in favor of a prolonged "residual" occupation of Iraq without any open debate about the merits of this dangerous and expensive plan.
Washington Still Refuses to Learn an Obvious Lesson
June 6, 2011 | With Osama bin Laden's demise, it's high time that our leaders realize that short-term gains from alliances with tyrannical regimes aren't worth the long-term problems they foster.
No More Mr. Nice Autocracy
February 7, 2011 | Democrats and Republicans alike have long wished that U.S.-allied Arab states would forever remain docile dictatorships.
Rebranding the Iraq War
August 23, 2010 | The change upon the advent of Operation New Dawn will be largely atmospheric.