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Editor and writer for The Interpreter, a column exploring the ideas and context behind major world events.

Washington, DC
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Joined October 2008
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    Aug 2

    treat yourself

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  2. Aug 26

    Very insightful analysis of why Syria's war might go on indefinitely: v

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  3. 21 hours ago

    This new Coke Studio Pashto piece is pure joy. Absolutely beautiful. Dilruba Na Raazi, Zeb & Faakhir

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  4. 21 hours ago

    GENEVA (AP) - Kerry says 'clarity' achieved with Russia on most steps to renew Syria truce; narrow issues still to be resolved

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  5. Aug 26

    This is, I think, the new piece all "do something" arguments about Syria will have to reckon with. Masterful, bleak.

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  6. Aug 26

    I personally know many hijab-wearing women whose husbands or fathers were *against* them wearing hijab

    We are against hijabi-wearing womens' husbands and fathers. It's that simple.
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  7. Aug 26

    Everything concludes already clear in 2013 when we did "The Political Science of Syria's Civil War" 2/2

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  8. Mar 14

    One point often elided in re Obama, non-intervention + Syria: the US has intervened. US-led covert program nearly toppled Assad last summer.

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  9. Aug 26

    "No one can win, no one can lose." on why foreign powers' involvement in Syria makes peace ever remote:

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  10. Aug 26

    "A conflict immune to exhaustion." on the depressing perniciousness of Syria's civil war.

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  11. Aug 26

    But the surrender of Daraya frees regime army to head to Aleppo

    Kerry meets Lavrov in Geneva in bid to forge truce, coordination deal in Syrian war
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  12. Aug 26

    Syria's civil war is like no other, which may be why it never ends.

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  13. Aug 26

    Foreign interventions, meant to resolve Syria’s war, have locked it in stalemate.

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  14. Aug 26

    In-depth read by : Syria’s Paradox: Why the War Only Ever Seems to Get Worse

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  15. Aug 25

    No

    Some thoughts on the French burkini ban …
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  16. Aug 25

    will shock you guys to learn that saudi salafists do not give good relationship advice

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  17. Aug 25

    There is a common misconception that countries behave counterproductively when they are strong, but it’s almost always the opposite.

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  18. Aug 25

    Really key point in on Saudi support for extremism: KSA driven by insecurity, coming in part from weak internal legitimacy.

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  19. Aug 25

    Saudis and Extremism: ‘Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters’

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  20. Aug 24

    ok turns out this is getting attn after all woo

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  21. Aug 19

    Yes. If Reagan had done this, instead of trading arms for hostages, they would have named THREE airports after him.

    That’s the exact opposite of paying for hostages and shows proactive american action. Don’t know what’s going on with this story framing.
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