Syria

Could aircraft carriers be eclipsed by new technology? We breakdown the top defense and foreign policy articles for your weekend.

Some see problems with the evidence that many are citing as proof Syria used chemical weapons.

There’s good reason to believe Iran would be interested in negotiating a future for Syria that didn’t include Assad.

The U.S. has never intervened in conflicts because chemical weapons were used. What’s changed?

The Diplomat’s Editor selects the top five defense and foreign policy articles for your weekend reading pleasure.

Zachary Keck explains that “shuttle diplomacy of the kind Kissinger undertook belongs to the dustbin of history.”

Even as N. Korea and others develop such weapons, history shows ballistic missiles have their shortcomings.

“Sectarian conflict might dominate coverage of Syria today, but internal Sunni dynamics will define its tomorrow.”

Fear that Syria will resort to the unthinkable is not so far-fetched. The international community must be clear in defining its “redline.”

“There is a point at which non-interference becomes complicity in mass murder.”

A poor man’s cruise missile: silent, low-flying, low-signature “suicide” drones could soon see combat.

Hezbollah, through direct strikes or terrorism, could complicate Israel’s decision to attack Iran and spark an even greater regional crisis.