In Defense of NATO Deputy Rose Gottemoeller (Daniel R. DePetris, The National Interest)

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/defense-nato-deputy-rose-gottemoeller-18743

America's Irrational Saudi Arabia Relations (Daniel R. DePetris, The National Interest)

Washington is sending mixed messages to one of its most important regional allies.

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/americas-irrational-saudi-arabia-relations-17880

Sanders May Lose the Nomination, But He Won Big on Fixing Superdelegates (Daniel R. DePetris, The National Interest)

This week’s Democratic National Convention is a coronation for supporters of Hillary Clinton and a shot in the bow to the dedicated progressives and “Bernie Bros” who took on the job of stumping for the eccentric Vermont senator like it was a second career.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/sanders-may-lose-the-nomination-he-won-big-fixing-17124

The Rubio-Led Assault on Rose Gottemoeller (Daniel R. DePetris, The National Interest)

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/the-rubio-led-assault-rose-gottemoeller-16730

Obama and Congress Are about to Go to War over War Funding (Daniel R. DePetris, The National Interest)

One of the most basic responsibilities of the U.S. government—if not the most basic—is providing for the national defense. What this general phrase means is subject to interpretation depending on whether you happen to be a defense hawk or a fiscal hawk in the Tea Party mold, but the concept is nonetheless self-explanatory: to be safe, prosperous and a stalwart ally to friends around the world, politicians in Washington need to ensure that the U.S. armed forces have the tools, money, and flexibility to do their job

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/obama-congress-are-about-go-war-over-war-funding-16204

Give Abbas Another Chance (Daniel R. DePetris, The National Interest)

Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, is old and tired. The eighty-one-year-old from the village of Safed has been ensconced in the dysfunction and heartbreak of Palestinian politics for most of his professional life, where he played second fiddle to Yasser Arafat for years before climbing his way to the top of the PA hierarchy.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/give-abbas-another-chance-15746

Afghanistan Struggles to Contain the Taliban (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/afghanistan-struggles-to-contain-the-taliban/