The Globalist

Why the U.S. government should use mercenaries in Syria.

ISIS is not an aberration. It is a legitimate part of the Middle Eastern political landscape.

The history of Kurdistan helps explain the Kurds’ current conundrum.

How the West is implicated in the current fires burning in the Middle East.

A new form of asymmetric warfare against the world’s biggest military.

Syria is the 14th country in the Muslim world to be invaded, occupied or bombed by U.S. forces.

Tolerance is no purpose in itself, but a precondition for reconciling truth and liberty.

U.S. bombing, reluctant Arab friends and ill trained Iraqi troops to save the world?

Riyadh has played a dubious role in combating the Islamic State and their partners.

Terrorism is inspired and financed by the failings of the global economy.