( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – It is written that “Enannatum, ruler of Lagash,” slew “60 soldiers” from Umma. The battle between the two ancient city states took place 4,500 years ago near where the great Tigris and Euphrates rivers come together in what is today Iraq. The matter in dispute? Water. More than […]
Could Trump Really Launch a War With Iran?
(Foreign Policy in Focus) – It’s unpopular at home and abroad, and regional politics don’t favor it. But we should take neocons like Bolton at their word. Keeping track of the Trump administration’s foreign policy is like trying to track a cat on a hot tin roof: We’re pulling out of Syria (not right away). […]

