New Case Against Khalil
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City University of New York professor Peter Beinart and AEI's Michael Rubin debate Israel and Palestine.
The president is quickly wiping out his own accomplishments.
The U.S. is back to bombing the Houthi movement.
Syrian Kurdish rebels and the new Syrian government have agreed to reunite peacefully. The U.S. military may have helped broker the agreement.
The spread of Ultimate Frisbee testifies to a kind of Western soft power in the Middle East, one far friendlier than bombs or bullets.
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Several months ago, Reason interviewed Mahmoud Khalil at a protest encampment. Now he’s sitting in ICE detention.
The president is publicly taking a tough line on the Middle East—while privately supporting diplomacy.
The spread of Ultimate Frisbee testifies to a kind of Western soft power in the Middle East, one far friendlier than bombs or bullets.
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The president says he wants peace in the Middle East. But his plans are all over the place.
The Trump administration made an extreme claim about wasteful foreign aid that just wasn't true.
Trump wants to negotiate instead of bombing Iran. Jilted war hawks are blaming his advisers.
But that doesn't mean he's embracing the doves.
The same ceasefire agreement was almost signed in May 2024. Instead, the pointless violence continued for several more months—at Americans’ expense.
Trump was considered reckless for wanting to start a war at the end of his term. Now, Biden is doing the same.
Researchers went back to check Palestinian casualty reports from October 2023. They found a deadlier month for civilians—and children—than any other chapter of the "war on terror."
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The CIA spent four years trying to overthrow the Syrian government. It failed. But a former leader of Al Qaeda might do it in a few weeks.
The Republican senator wants to bring Biden and Trump together to commit American lives to Saudi Arabia in order to "change the region and change the world."
The Suez Crisis demonstrated how "peace through strength" can go terribly wrong.
Even without Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley, the Trump administration still could be heading for regime change in the Middle East.
The two-time Libertarian Party presidential nominee shares his thoughts on Chase Oliver and the election.
The co-founder of Ideas Beyond Borders argues that there is "no better independence than economic independence."
The Republican senator said it would “take a Democratic president” to commit American troops to defend the Saudi kingdom, according to a new book.
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Israel is getting U.S. troops and Saudi Arabia is getting billions of dollars' worth of American weapons.
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When civilians are the targets, terrorists’ grievances don’t matter; it’s time to hunt the perpetrators.
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The first debate question was a pitch for war with Iran. Tim Walz and J.D. Vance both dodged it.
Many conservatives saw the Abraham Accords as a way to get U.S. forces out of the Middle East. Now the architect of the agreement is pushing for a regime change campaign in Lebanon—and maybe Iran.
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Washington risks Americans’ lives in wars of choice, then uses their deaths to justify more war.
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American firms are not responsible for how the taxes they pay are spent.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres (D–N.Y.) claims that airlines are engaging in discrimination and enabling price gouging by canceling flights to the Middle East without government permission.
Both Israeli hostage families and Palestinian Americans want the war to end with a prisoner exchange. But that isn’t moving Democratic policy.
Uncle Sam is resorting to some unusual methods to support the Israeli war effort.
Amid hopes for peace, chaos erupts as protesters clash with police and each other.
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By targeting "persons undermining peace, security, and stability," the plaintiffs argue, the president is threatening to punish people for opposing a two-state solution.
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