Why Americans Campaigning for Joe Biden Are Worried

The challenge for Washington is no longer whether it possesses sufficient capabilities, but whether the political system can align those capabilities behind a coherent long-term priority.

Using Lebanon as a bargaining chip through Washington’s Israeli proxy is Trump’s way of leveling the playing field.

The Beijing summit did not produce a major agreement between the great powers on the region, but it firmly established that Middle Eastern crises are now deeply tied to the great-power dialogue.

[I]t appears that the [U.S.] is capitulating in the talks.

[T]he United States had itself rendered that alliance network more fragile.