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.
Reason heard from a minister in the new Syrian government about the Trump administration's outreach.
The president’s speech in Saudi Arabia promised a new course for U.S. policy in the Middle East. Can he deliver?
Plus: Qatar-a-Lago, Ocasio-Cortez sure looks interested in running, how Mississippi public schools improved, and more...
The pendulum within Trump’s Middle East policy has swung back toward deal making, for now.
A U.S. district judge called Mohsen Mahdawi’s detention a “great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime.”
Washington is dumping valuable resources—literally—into a Middle Eastern war of choice.
The administration's lawyers claim that this was justified by Khalil's likelihood of escape.
The tradition of decorating eggs in springtime is a lesson in symbols shared across cultures.
Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi thought he was going to become an American. Instead, ICE whisked him away into detention.
Protectionism in Egypt and Iraq fueled corruption, stagnation, and smuggling—not prosperity.
For an administration that likes to show off successful assassinations, the Trump team has been surprisingly tight-lipped about the Houthi commanders they targeted.
Iran isn’t building a nuclear weapon, the Trump administration says. But this hasn’t stopped the march toward war.
How Sanctions Work argues the consequences of economic warfare don't always serve American interests.
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.
Plus: Sanders supports deportations, tariff tracker, Panama's Jewish enclave, and more...
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.
Plus: Ukraine attacks Russia with drones, Newsom's revisionist history, and more...
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.
Plus: OpenAI vs. Musk, Eric Adams corruption charges dropped, and more...
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."
Plus: A listener asks the editors if libertarians are more prone to believing in conspiracy theories.
Plus: AOC ascendant, China preps for tariffs, Haitian deportation, and more...
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.
Plus: Cognitive repairment, creative voting from Brooklynites, who we vote for here at Reason, and more...
Israel is getting U.S. troops and Saudi Arabia is getting billions of dollars' worth of American weapons.
Plus: California tries to punish Musk, China's economic recovery, and more...
Plus: Adams administration corruption, Fauci in hindsight, Taiwan's nuclear mistake, and more...
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
