Smoke seen near Riyadh airport after air raid alerts in Saudi capital
Air raid alerts and a burning fuel tank near Riyadh show that billions in arms purchases cannot buy security when asymmetric strikes bypass deterrence.
By Tom Beckwith ·
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What the discovery of Assad-era chemical weapons means for Syria
Let’s be entirely clear about what is happening in Syria right now, because the mainstream pundits always want to cloud a clean moral picture with hand-wringing.
By Maya Ellison ·
Informal poll shows Costa Rica's Grynspan ahead in race to be next UN chief
The United Nations is, fundamentally, a massive piece of infrastructure—a global utility grid designed to manage human conflict and climate risk.
By Imani Sutton ·
US walks out of UN Security Council meeting as France condemns rights vote
The spectacle of American diplomats walking out of a UN Security Council meeting is not merely bad PR; it is an operational failure.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·