Trump's Saudi Trip Wasn't a Break From Tradition
But it revealed a split between America's actual foreign policy and Americans' self-image.
But it revealed a split between America's actual foreign policy and Americans' self-image.
The president's speech articulates non-interventionist principles despite fiery rhetoric.
The rush to war in Syria will do more harm than good.
Q&A with author and New York Times columnist Mustafa Akyol.
With an off-hand remark, the president indicates the status quo of U.S.-supported Israeli occupation is fine with him.
Matt Welch talks with Borzou Daragahi and Pejman Yousefzadeh on SiriusXM Insight's The Dean Obeidallah Show 12-1 ET
Donald Trump's poorly designed and xenophobic executive order is attempting to improve on a perfect record. Republicans need to push back.
It's the first such death on the new president's watch.
Whistleblowers reveal the truth about the drone war to a nation that struggles to listen.
Every U.S. president since 1967 has officially opposed settlements as an obstacle to peace.
How an oppressive Middle Eastern country led to everybody's iPhones getting a security update.
Frontline details the history of ISIS.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee wants a bigger military but says he'll use it less.
The Middle East's hew hidden hands
Clinton and Cruz both condemn Trump's "isolationism," code for asking why America must police the planet.
Unlike Hillary Clinton and the Republicans at the pro-Israel lobby conference, Sanders acknowledged there are two sides to peace negotiations.
The former secretary of state does not learn from her mistakes, even when she admits them.
Who will call her on it?
If this is disestablishmentarianism American-style, we are in bad shape.
Clinton's intervention in Libya discredits her claim that she learned the lesson of Iraq.
Singing about peace and goodwill while cheering America's warrior state is a repulsive spectacle.
Let's look at a few recent news items about this oh-so-safe and peaceful country...
The U.S. government and its accomplices are waging actual war. In contrast, terrorists commit crimes.
'Death from Above' has shown little success as a long-term strategy against terrorists
Nothing about the word radical implies approval of aggression or terrorism.
The explanation is far more political than religious.
Assad was our son of a bitch when the U.S. government needed him. Then he outlived his usefulness.
Missing in many media accounts of Paris terrorism was any reference to France's bombing of Syria or that France is Syria's former colonial overlord.
Individual persons who did no harm to anyone are being slaughtered and starved with the help of American politicians and military bureaucrats.
Our lethal and self-defeating Middle East policy appears more aimed at Iran and its allies than at the radical jihadi network that perpetrated 9/11.
The Kentucky senator offers a desperately needed alternative to the GOP's mindless militarism.
And don't let emotionalism drive foreign policy, or immigration laws. That's no way to run a country.
Amna Farooqi, Muslim head of Israel-advocacy group J Street, says she is "culturally Jewish."
The good that will come out of this agreement cannot be overstated. But the agreement has a significant downside too.
As secretary of state, Clinton obtained permission from President Obama and Congress to arm rebels in Syria and Libya in an effort to overthrow the governments of those countries.
The United States won't help fix all the problems in the world until it realizes that it can't fix all the problems in the world.
The president has rejected the theory and practice of due process.
Iran is not the only threat here. Our own hubris is equally dangerous.
The Obama administration is assisting Saudi Arabia in creating a humanitarian catastrophe in the Middle East's poorest country.
Do you care about free minds and free markets? Sign up to get the biggest stories from Reason in your inbox every afternoon.
This modal will close in 10