Middle East

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Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, United States President George W. Bush, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after reading statement to the press during the closing moments of the Red Sea Summit in Aqaba, Jordan, June 4, 2003.
A Flawed Basis for Middle East Peace
General George Washington Resigning his Commission.
Diplomatic Advisers: Washington, Kennan, FDR
Fidel Castro during a visit to Washington.
Why Economic Sanctions Often Fail
Arabic Plaque at the Great Mosque in Xi'an (Paul Louis, photographer)
Tradition vs Charisma: The Sunni-Shi'i Divide in the Muslim World
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines packing up gear to withdraw from Al-Taqaddum Air Base, 24 March 2020.
Vietnam and Iraq: The Benefits of Getting Out
Headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Austria.
Contradictions in Atomic Agency’s Mandate
Sir Winston Churchill in 1945.
Churchill on Iraq: “Living on an Ungrateful Volcano”
A contractor for the U.S. Army kicking in a door during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.
From King George the Third to the Third President George: Mercenaries are Still a Bad Idea
The Tower of David in the Old City of Jerusalem.
A Peace Plan That May Be Worse Than War
U.S. Marines holding Sandino's Flag - Nicaragua 1932.
The Costs of Intervention
A 1963 photo of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem.
In Bethlehem, Persisting Hope
Kosovo is located to the south of Serbia.
The Perils of Breaking Away
President George W. Bush with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley in 2006.
Is Iraq Vietnam?
A tank destroyed during Operation Iraqi Freedom
Why We Should Leave Iraq Now
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Restoring Russian Support for the War on Terror
Cartoon in Punch, 1906.
For Iraq, a Lesson from Africa
tanks and soldier fighting in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The World’s Longest War
A plume of smoke rising from a neighborhood in Beirut following an Israeli strike in 2006.
Why Israel’s Campaign Will Likely Fail
President Lyndon B. Johnson visiting American troops in Vietnam in 1966.
The Ambiguities of “Cut and Run”
People celebrating anniversary of the revolution in Mashhad in 2014.
Iran: Still Struggling toward Self-Determination
Marines from 1st Battalion 7th Marines enter a palace during the Battle of Baghdad.
Iraq War a Major Departure in American Foreign Affairs
President Bush visiting American troops in Saudi Arabia on Thanksgiving Day, 1990.
Selling Iraq with the Wrong Pitch
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, shakes hands with a US Air Force general officer prior to his departure from the United States
The Need to Talk with Iran
A view of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
A Dawn of Peace in Bethlehem?