Turkey the Country Now Türkiye (Bird Still Turkey)
Our ostensible ally is seeking to rebrand itself.
Time for an American Foreign Legion?
A respected scholar has an interesting suggestion for fighting the Forever War.
At U.N., Obama Says There Are No Shortcuts To Peace
President Obama explained his position on the Palestinian statehood resolution today, but one wonders if anyone listened.
Samantha Power: Patriot’s Nightmare?
The re-emergence of Obama foreign policy advisor Samantha Power to prominence has brought critics to the forefront
Libya and the Intervener’s Dilemma
President Obama has pledged no slaughter and no ground troops for Libya. He may well be forced to pick one.
Obama Libya Speech Post-Mortem
Ten days after sending American forces into kinetic military action in Libya, President Obama addressed the nation to explain “what we’ve done, what we plan to do, and why this matters to us.”
OTB Foreign Desk
Today’s Foreign Desk includes comments on Brazil’s floods, developments in Ivory Coast, and Silvio Berlusconi’s sex scandal.
Ivory Coast By Any Other Name …
Is calling Côte d’Ivoire “Ivory Coast” linguistic colonialism? Where do we draw the line when English names for countries go out of vogue?
