The U.S. should stop making excuses for Saudi war crimes. Priyanka Motaparthy criticizes the administration’s cavalier attitude toward possible war crimes committed by the Saudi-led coalition.

The U.S. must pull Yemen back from total collapse. Jean-Marie Guehenno urges the U.S. government to seek a diplomatic resolution to the war.

Don’t intervene in Syria (more than we already have). Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson counter the latest round of demands for a more aggressive Syria policy.

What the world “police” analogy gets wrong. Daniel Davis explains why the U.S. can’t be the world’s “policeman.”