This year’s Munich Security Conference was predictably all about the imaginary danger that Russians intend to proceed westward into Europe as soon as they finish in Ukraine.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Grand Delusions
Category: Column
SCOTT RITTER: Mike Turner’s Folly
Rep. Mike Turner’s release of raw intelligence about a Russian satellite system has compromised U.S. intelligence including likely its sources and methods.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Arabs Divided on ICJ Ruling
The liberal Arab camp thinks the ICJ ruling will lead to a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question, while the popular camp has lost faith in international organizations, including the ICJ.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Lost & Fearful in The Middle East
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Dying by Callous Disregard
The stories of Lucas Bellamy and Brandon Clay Dodson show how easy it is to die a medically preventable death in U.S. prisons.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Hamas’ Official Account
There is enough in the document to declare the birth of a new Hamas movement, which breaks with its early founding years.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Russia’s Turn From the West
Sergei Lavrov’s recent comments are a case of the subtext being vastly larger than the text.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Mess They Made of 2023
SCOTT RITTER: On Speaking Plain ‘Putin,’ Part Two
Because of their grossly inaccurate assessments of the Russian president and his country, “Putin Whisperers” in the West have Ukrainian blood on their hands.
SCOTT RITTER: On Speaking Plain ‘Putin’
Any retrospective on the Russian-Ukraine conflict begins with a modicum of interest in how Moscow defines the conflict. First of an article in two parts.