With the Taliban Back, There Goes Nation-Building

The truth is that the Americans are pathologically unreliable and unscrupulously treacherous.

Washington now faces choices: proceed with the deal and adjust its conception of alliances in the region or succumb to legislative stagnation and reject or downgrade the deal.

[T]hreats from Washington may have strengthened a sense of unity and sovereignty among citizens who want peace.

Moscow’s objective remains a final settlement on its own terms—not a temporary ceasefire or frozen conflict.

The question we therefore need to ask is who is next?

“The Palestinians like me. The Palestinians are doing very well actually.”

This contradiction between fearing violence while simultaneously rejecting it defines the current American mood.