Michael J. Totten\\\'s Blog - Stories Contributed
The Populist Revolt Reaches Iraq
Middle East | May 22 2018 16:2525
Hezbollah Wins in Lebanon – Sort Of
Middle East | May 15 2018 15:0428
Hollywood Botches Beirut
Middle East | Apr 26 2018 11:0433
Castro Steps Down in Cuba. So What?
Middle East | Apr 20 2018 10:2536
The Case for Bombing Assad
Middle East | Apr 12 2018 09:4622
Vladimir Putin Isn’t Our Pal
Middle East | Apr 05 2018 17:4647
The Turkish-American Alliance Heads Toward a Cliff
Middle East | Mar 30 2018 11:2584
Go Ahead. Talk to Kim.
Middle East | Mar 15 2018 18:2527
Broken ISIS Recruits Return Home
Middle East | Mar 08 2018 17:04357
Turkey Takes its War Against the Kurds Into Europe
Middle East | Mar 02 2018 00:1728
The Russian Attack Against America You Didn’t Hear About
Middle East | Feb 19 2018 19:46700
So Much for Egypt’s Secret Alliance with Israel
Middle East | Feb 06 2018 17:4656
No, the Syrian Kurds are not Terrorists
Middle East | Jan 31 2018 18:2526
Time to Kick Turkey Out of NATO?
Middle East | Jan 18 2018 17:0530
Iran's Protests Reveal the Truth About Hassan Rouhani
Middle East | Jan 11 2018 14:0422
Is Iran's Regime About to Fall?
Middle East | Jan 04 2018 14:0429
Islamic Governments Cede West Jerusalem to Israel
Middle East | Dec 19 2017 12:04170
Jerusalem is Israel’s Capital and Always Will Be
Middle East | Dec 07 2017 13:2547
Donald Trump Kicks Syria’s Kurds to the Curb
Middle East | Nov 28 2017 12:4626
Is Lebanon’s Prime Minister a Saudi Hostage?
Middle East | Nov 13 2017 12:4633
How to Avoid a Nuclear War with North Korea
Middle East | Nov 08 2017 10:5850
Hezbollah Consolidates Its Stranglehold Over Lebanon
Middle East | Nov 07 2017 11:0452
Manafort Down
Middle East | Oct 30 2017 13:4644
Trump Throws the Kurds to the Wolves
Middle East | Oct 26 2017 11:04255
Turkey Is Behaving like an Enemy Now
Middle East | Oct 12 2017 14:4643
The Trump Administration Just Stabbed the Kurds in the Front
Middle East | Oct 04 2017 12:0422
The Black Sheep of NATO
Middle East | Sep 25 2017 18:4637
Cuba’s Dig Out from Hurricane Irma Could Take a Generation
Middle East | Sep 13 2017 15:04234
Turkey Can Forget About EU Membership
Middle East | Sep 05 2017 11:4530
America’s Longest War Is Hardly Its Worst
Middle East | Aug 29 2017 13:4521
The Kurds Are About to Blow Up Iraq
Middle East | Aug 17 2017 16:24376
North Korea Leaves Us With Only One Good Option
Middle East | Aug 09 2017 15:2570
Russia Threatens Poland Over Decommunization
Middle East | Aug 01 2017 11:2429
Congress Makes Russian Sanctions Trump-proof
Middle East | Jul 26 2017 14:4523
Congress Considers Banning Tourism to North Korea
Middle East | Jun 30 2017 18:0321
Why China Hasn’t Stopped North Korea and Probably Won’t
Middle East | Jun 22 2017 22:45188
Assad Still Must Go
Middle East | Jun 15 2017 10:4554
What the Qatar Blockade is Really About
Middle East | Jun 13 2017 18:27381
Why the Rise of Corbyn's Labour Party Should Worry the West
Middle East | Jun 13 2017 10:2457
Trump's Trip a Disaster for Transatlantic Relations
Middle East | May 30 2017 19:2496
The Geopolitical Education of Donald Trump
Middle East | May 22 2017 19:2488
Syria’s Surreal Fake Peace Process
Middle East | May 15 2017 15:4690
Arming the Kurds Is Worth Angering the Turks
Middle East | May 12 2017 13:0494
The Center Holds in France—but for How Long?
Middle East | May 08 2017 23:0378
Russia is Arming the Taliban
Middle East | Apr 30 2017 22:261079
The Real North Korean Missile Crisis is Coming
Middle East | Apr 19 2017 11:25203
America First is Dead
Middle East | Apr 10 2017 18:58225
Why Europe is Falling Apart
Middle East | Apr 10 2017 10:46165
In Assad’s Syria, the Lesser of Two Evils is Still Evil
Middle East | Apr 07 2017 08:47120
Why Vladimir Putin Covets Montenegro
Middle East | Mar 28 2017 18:03189
Donald Trump's Cratering Credibility
Middle East | Mar 22 2017 10:0479
Brace Yourself for a New Cold War
Middle East | Mar 08 2017 14:4555
Radical Islam and its Discontents
Middle East | Mar 01 2017 18:0975
The Swamp Strikes Back
Middle East | Feb 13 2017 19:45129
We Are Still Living With Eisenhower’s Biggest Mistake
Middle East | Feb 06 2017 11:4537
The Real Problem with Trump’s Executive Order
Middle East | Feb 01 2017 17:4531
The United States Slams the Door on Cuban Refugees
Middle East | Jan 23 2017 11:0450
The New Arab-Israeli Alliance
Middle East | Jan 21 2017 17:0454
America’s Moment of Truth About Russia
Middle East | Jan 12 2017 17:4525
Turkey Goes Off the Rails
Middle East | Jan 05 2017 15:0338
The Fall of Aleppo
Middle East | Dec 15 2016 17:4549
Trump’s Taiwan Call Wasn’t a Blunder
Middle East | Dec 05 2016 18:4774
How Trump’s General Mike Flynn Sees the World
Middle East | Nov 30 2016 19:2583
An Uncertain New Era Begins
Middle East | Nov 16 2016 15:4537
American Brexit
Middle East | Nov 09 2016 15:0354
The New Socialist Realists
Middle East | Nov 07 2016 11:0422
Estonia Prepares for an Anti-Russian Insurgency
Middle East | Nov 01 2016 17:2438
Children of the Revolution
Middle East | Oct 24 2016 11:2524
The Battle for Mosul is On
Middle East | Oct 19 2016 13:2433
What Just Happened in Colombia?
Middle East | Oct 03 2016 18:45154
Trump Botches Iraq
Middle East | Sep 27 2016 20:4533
Cuba’s Walled Garden
Middle East | Sep 08 2016 14:0326
To Ban or Not to Ban the Burkini
Middle East | Aug 31 2016 12:4526
Comments are Temporarily Closed
Middle East | Aug 17 2016 17:2426
Russia Hacks the Republican Party
Middle East | Aug 02 2016 12:0329
Will Brexit Unite Ireland?
Middle East | Jul 08 2016 04:4526
History Returns to Europe
Middle East | Jun 27 2016 18:4524
Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Radical Islam
Middle East | Jun 22 2016 18:4534
Banning Guns and Muslims Isn’t the Answer to Orlando
Middle East | Jun 13 2016 18:0323
Venezuela Collapses, Colombia Rises
Middle East | May 24 2016 10:0460
Iran Unleashes the Morality Police
Middle East | Apr 25 2016 17:2427
The Rise of the Pirate Party
Middle East | Apr 11 2016 16:4550
The Iranian Nuclear Deal Keeps Getting Worse
Middle East | Apr 06 2016 15:4628
Europe on the Brink
Middle East | Mar 28 2016 19:251580
Putin Declares Victory in Syria
Middle East | Mar 14 2016 18:4535
Moscow on the Tigris
Middle East | Feb 19 2016 09:0527
Hezbollah Devours Lebanon
Middle East | Feb 08 2016 17:4624
Iran Gets its Blackmail Money
Middle East | Feb 01 2016 19:0427
Life on the Bottom
Middle East | Jan 25 2016 19:4722
North Africa Exports Rape Culture to Germany
Middle East | Jan 12 2016 17:0445
The Saudi-Iranian Eruption
Middle East | Jan 04 2016 17:0452
Good Riddance to Child-Killer Samir Kuntar
Middle East | Dec 21 2015 19:4628
Most Americans Now Support Using Ground Troops
Middle East | Dec 14 2015 13:4624
Samantha, Powerless: Obama’s Problem from Hell in Syria
Middle East | Dec 07 2015 09:4743
Don't Bother Talking to ISIS
Middle East | Dec 01 2015 20:2435
Belgium Terrorizes Itself
Middle East | Nov 22 2015 17:0528
France’s “Merciless” Response to ISIS is Anything But
Middle East | Nov 16 2015 17:4647
Why the War in Kurdistan Matters
Middle East | Nov 09 2015 19:0326
Iran’s Bogus Posturing on Police Brutality
Middle East | Nov 02 2015 15:0421
What Just Happened in Syria?
Middle East | Oct 20 2015 19:25278
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