Iranian-Saudi Detente Could Transform the Region, and US Power Is There to Prevent

Iranian-Saudi Detente Could Transform the Region, and US Power Is There to Prevent

The rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia has for decades roiled the Middle East with sectarian conflict, instability and war. Thinking about how the region would look if these two powerhouses normalized relations is intriguing. But, sadly, such an outcome is unrealistic. When President Trump recently spoke contemptuously of the Saudi rulers, saying“they wouldn’t last…

How Muslims Became the Enemy

How Muslims Became the Enemy

These days, our global political alliances seem to shift with remarkable rapidity, as if we were actually living in George Orwell’s 1984. Are we at war this month with Oceania? Or is it Eastasia? In that novel, the Party is able to erase history, sending old newspaper articles down the Ministry of Truth’s “memory hole”…

Future of Western Democracy Being Played Out in Brazil

Future of Western Democracy Being Played Out in Brazil

Nothing less than the future of politics across the West – and across the Global South – is being played out in Brazil. Stripped to its essence, the Brazilian presidential elections represent a direct clash between democracy and an early 21st Century, neofascism, indeed between civilization and barbarism. Geopolitical and global economic reverberations will be…