There are several reasons US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from northern Syria, and leave the region’s Kurds vulnerable to neighboring Turkey’s military incursion, was a terrible one. The Kurdish forces in control of the region had been the principal US partner in the struggle against Islamic State (ISIS). Trump’s abandonment of […]
Author Archives: Richard N. Haass
Richard N. Haass is president of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order.
Posted inIran, Middle East, United States, World
Taking on Tehran
Posted inBeijing, China, Taiwan, United States, World
The looming Taiwan crisis
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia
Agonizing over Afghanistan
Posted inCyprus, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World
The West must face reality in Turkey
Posted inEgypt, Iran, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World
Missile strikes are not a Syria strategy
Posted inAfghanistan, China, India, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, World