Reality Check
List of Reality Check articles
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Win McNamee/Getty Images In Praise of the Middleman
Let's face it: When it comes to peace talks, face-to-face negotiations don't work.
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Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Experts, Shmexperts
Let's not be so quick to prejudge Caroline Kennedy's appointment as U.S. ambassador to Japan.
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Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images Five Things to Watch for in the Peace Process
How to tell if John Kerry's efforts with the Israelis and the Palestinians are actually going anywhere.
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Ed Giles/Getty Images Dumb and Dumber
No, the United States should not suspend aid to Egypt.
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Carsten Koall/Getty Images Lost
Why does Washington still think it can control what happens in Egypt?
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Spencer Platt/Getty Images Who Won the Coup?
Egypt is a mess, but at least Bashar al-Assad is happy.
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Are Domestic Politics Evil?
What really happens when the national interest meets the water's edge.
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FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images What’s Really Wrong with the Middle East?
Explaining the persistence of violence, sectarianism, and incompetence.
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MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images Present Throughout the Creation
Turning 90, Shimon Peres talks peace, politics, and the limits of leadership.
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AFP/Getty Images The New Problem From Hell
Obama's options in Syria are awful. But the United States is headed for intervention anyway.
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Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images Peace Offensive
Obama thinks he can solve the world’s most intractable conflicts. What if he’s wrong?
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Flickr/Miller_Center They’re the Deciders
Why today's presidents have more war-waging power than ever -- and why no Congress will ever stand in their way.
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EPA/JIM LO SCALZO Speak No Evil
Why Obama shouldn't have given that big drone speech.
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Patrick Smith/Getty Images No, They Can’t
Why American presidents always disappoint us.
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BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images Rudderless in the Desert
Five reasons Obama can’t will his way into fixing the Middle East -- even if he wanted to.
