It is now – even amid a bitter presidential campaign – that U.S. leaders should stand four-square behind Israel, giving it the leeway to protect itself as it sees fit rather than adding to the morally confused carping from abroad.
The Taliban's expanding international profile;
Palestinian public opinion begins to shift, finally;
Islamism surges in Somalia;
Flashpoint: West Africa
Whoever ends up winning the White House next month will need to reframe the way America thinks about Great Power Competition in order to adequately respond to the collective threat now posed by Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran. Doing so will begin by answering a fateful question—Is the United States still prepared to serve as the "arsenal of democracy"?
Thinking creatively about penalizing Russia;
Trouble in the Russian oil trade;
Moscow meddles in Armenia;
Russia is running out of resources
Harsh justice following failed Congo coup;
Islamist violence flares in Bamako…;
…As U.S. special forces make their way back to Chad;
Nigeria’s APC ekes out a political win;
In Burkina Faso, civilian casualties surge…;
…And conspiracy theories abound;
Clearing the political decks in Tanzania