National Politics:Foreign Policy

Commentary

 * New York Times: ISIS Wives and Enforcers in Syria Recount Collaboration, Anguish and Escape, by Azadeh Moaveni (Nov 20, 2015)
 * Washington Post: Obama administration concedes that Mideast peace is beyond reach on his watch, by Steven Mufson (Nov 4, 2015)
 * Wall St Journal: Regional Discord Fuels Islamic State’s Rise in Mideast, by Yaroslav Trofimov in Dubai and Philip Shishkin in Washington (Oct 16, 2015)
 * Der Spiegel: Abandoning Syria: Few Options Left for Stopping the War, by Christoph Reuter (Sept 18, 2015)
 * New York Times: America’s Dangerous Bargain With Turkey, by Eric S. Edelman (Aug 26, 2015)
 * New York Times: ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape, by Rukmini Callimachi (Aug 12, 2015)
 * Washington Post: Why Saudi Arabia can’t get a nuclear weapon, by Fareed Zakaria (June 11, 2015)
 * The Atlantic: What ISIS Really Wants, by Graeme Wood (Mar 1, 2015)

Book Reviews

 * The Atlantic: The Key to Henry Kissinger’s Success, by Graham Allison (Nov 27, 2015)
 * New York Times: ‘On Saudi Arabia,’ by Karen Elliott House, by Michael J. Totten (Nov. 16, 2012)