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People are packed onto a truck as they flee Raqqa, Syria. (Youssef Youssef/European Pressphoto Agecy)

How the World Can Prepare for the ‘Day After’ ISIS

by David Ignatius | May 27, 2017 | Opinion

The Manchester terrorist attack by an alleged ISIS “soldier” will accelerate the push by the United States and its allies to capture the terrorist group’s strongholds in Mosul, Iraq, and Raqqa, Syria. But it should also focus some urgent discussions about a post-ISIS...

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FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani takes part in a news conference near the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Iran’s Sham Elections: A Political Version of Ta’azieh

by Amir Taheri | May 12, 2017 | Opinion

In any elections, including the ersatz ones held in Iran, the voter is expected to make his choice on the basis of the candidates’ personality, record and programme. Taking those three factors into account, how might Iranian voters judge the incumbent, Hojat al-Islam...

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Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)

The Trump Administration Might Put the ‘Extreme’ in ‘Extreme Vetting’

by Joby Warrick | Apr 21, 2017 | Opinion

Most foreigners arriving in the United States are greeted by Customs and Border Protection officers asking routine questions, such as the reason for the trip, where they’re staying and who they’re visiting. But the Trump administration is now considering a far more...

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Creating Truth is Assertion of Power

by Casey Williams | Apr 19, 2017 | Opinion

For decades, critical social scientists and humanists have chipped away at the idea of truth. We’ve deconstructed facts, insisted that knowledge is situated and denied the existence of objectivity. The bedrock claim of critical philosophy, going back to Kant, is...

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter conducts strike operations from the Mediterranean Sea. (Ford Williams/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)

Trump Gets a Taste of Success

by David Ignatius | Apr 16, 2017 | Opinion

For a reminder of how new administrations can quickly get into trouble in foreign policy, consider that Monday, April 17, marks the anniversary of the catastrophic Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. Bad things can happen to good presidents, and...