The Pulitzer Prize–winning author discusses the enduring roots of Middle Eastern conflict, the rise and fall of cultural panics, and why Texas may be the blueprint—and battleground—for America's future.
Diplomacy is better than war in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran. But that doesn't mean it's easy.
Legal scholar Rebecca Ingber offers some strong arguments against deference in this context.
In a 2-1 ruling, the Court ruled Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act cannot supersede a settlement barring deportation of a group of migrants. One judge also held the AEA was invoked illegally.
In a badly flawed decision, a federal district court ruled that Trump can invoke the AEA because the Tren de Aragua drug gang's activities amount to a "predatory incursion."
The president’s speech in Saudi Arabia promised a new course for U.S. policy in the Middle East. Can he deliver?
Sitting on the sidelines let America play neutral mediator and talk down both sides.
Some players like the game to mimic the real world. Others like to play as Gandhi but nuke their enemies into oblivion.
The pendulum within Trump’s Middle East policy has swung back toward deal making, for now.
The Southern District of New York rules Trump invoked the Act illegally, because there is no "invasion" or "predatory incursion."
The president wants to develop the F-47 fighter jet 60 years before the F-35 is scheduled to retire.
A training slideshow reveals how deluded American leaders continue to be about the Iraq War, more than two decades later.
Trump has hired a notorious hawk as his national security adviser—and fired that adviser after getting in the way of delicate diplomatic talks—in each of his two terms.
Federal district court Judge Fernando Rodriguez ruled that Trump invoked the AEA illegally, and that migrants threatened with deportation under the Act can file class action habeas petitions.
Washington is dumping valuable resources—literally—into a Middle Eastern war of choice.
But volunteers are stepping up even as Congress fails to act.
The court ruled that Trump invoked the AEA illegally, blocks deportation of Venezuelan migrants who filed the case, and sets out standards for notifying them of their rights to challenge their deportation.
The order temporarily blocks AEA deportations. It likely also reflects the Court's growing frustration with the Trump Administration.
Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi thought he was going to become an American. Instead, ICE whisked him away into detention.
A Civil War follow up that depicts the bleak, meaningless, moment-to-moment terror of modern war.
This case has crucial implications for the ability of migrants to effectively challenge illegal AEA deportations.
The Supreme Court oveturns lower court decisions temporarily barring AEA deportations, but also emphasizes that detainees are entitled to due process, and that AEA deportations are subject to judicial review.
For an administration that likes to show off successful assassinations, the Trump team has been surprisingly tight-lipped about the Houthi commanders they targeted.
A leading expert on habeas corpus explains why the Trump Administration is wrong to claim the case must be heard in Texas, rather than Washington, DC.
Iran isn’t building a nuclear weapon, the Trump administration says. But this hasn’t stopped the march toward war.
The 2-1 ruling is procedural, but strongly suggests the majority judges also reject the Trump administration's position on the merits.
With the controversy over the leaked White House group chat, mainstream media have been treating secrecy as a virtue and disclosure as a vice. That’s a dangerous game.
Judge Boasberg ruled the migrants are entitled to due process in determing whether they really are "alien enemies" covered by the Act.
After Assad’s fall, Syria was poised for liberation. Instead, ethnic violence, sectarian dogma, and unchecked power are threatening to turn victory into yet another nightmare.
The White House accidentally leaked military plans in Yemen to a journalist—and demonstrated how unconstitutional U.S. war making has become.
City University of New York professor Peter Beinart and AEI's Michael Rubin debate Israel and Palestine.
Links to audios of a Cato Institute podcast and an interview with ABC News (Australia).
The participants were Adam Cox (NYU) and myself.
The president is quickly wiping out his own accomplishments.
The U.S. is back to bombing the Houthi movement.
The article is coauthored with Cato Institute scholar David Bier.
Syrian Kurdish rebels and the new Syrian government have agreed to reunite peacefully. The U.S. military may have helped broker the agreement.
His apparent plan to do so is illegal and would set a dangerous precedent if allowed to stand.
Rep. Adam Smith (D–Wash.) thinks Democrats should return to their antiwar roots—and be open to negotiating with Russia.
The president is publicly taking a tough line on the Middle East—while privately supporting diplomacy.
Plus: The Trump administration's American dream revisionism, 50 theses on DOGE, what people get wrong about extreme MAGA, and more...
Vanity Fair's James Pogue dives into the dissident right, his personal experiences with MAGA, and how Ukraine policy is unfolding.
Hawks from both major parties lashed out at the confirmation hearing for Trump’s nominee for top military strategist.
Plus: Tariffs go into effect, inside the fact-checker industrial complex, and more...
One bright spot from Trump's shameful behavior in the Oval Office would be if it spurs European nations to shoulder more of the burden of supporting Ukraine.
As world leaders debate, Ukrainian defenders innovate, adapt, and wage defensive war on their own terms.
Forget boots on the ground. Now we’ll have Americans “on the land.”
Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy's book tells the stories of soldiers, stalkers, and squatters in Chernobyl during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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