Conn Hallinan

Conn Hallinan is a columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus.

Dark Saudi-Israeli Plot to Tip the Scales in Syria

The Saudis and the Turks are scaling up their support for Syrian jihadists while the Israelis contemplate a new war with Hezbollah.

By: Conn Hallinan ,; ForeignPolicyinFocus

June 11, 2015

News Analysis

Marching on Moscow

Events appear to be moving toward a political solution to the East-West standoff over Ukraine. But as Clausewitz once noted: "Against stupidity, no amount of planning will prevail."

By: Conn Hallinan ,; ForeignPolicyinFocus

June 10, 2014

Op-Ed

“Are You Serious?” Awards 2013

This year's news stories and newsmakers that fall under the category of "Are you serious?"

By: Conn Hallinan ,; DispatchesFromtheEdge

December 31, 2013

Op-Ed

The Kurds: Opportunity and Peril

For almost a century, the Kurdsu2014one of the worldu2019s largest ethnic groups without its own stateu2014have been deceived and double-crossed, their language and culture suppressed, their villages burned and …

By: Conn Hallinan ,; DispatchesFromTheEdge

August 30, 2013

News Analysis

War & Peace

Syria and the Monarchs: A Perfect Storm

The decision for the US to send small ammunition and arms to the Syrian rebels has cancelled any chance of us being neutral partners.

By: Conn Hallinan ,; ForeignPolicyInFocus

June 27, 2013

Op-Ed

Afghanistan: Is It Really the End Game?

There is no need for a chaos-engulfed finale to the Afghan War, no reason to continue the bloodshed.

By: Conn Hallinan ,; ForeignPolicyinFocus

June 3, 2013

Op-Ed

Syria: Chess Match Turned Free-for-All

Establishing a pro-Western government in Damascus and inflicting damage on Iran is an illusion.

By: Conn Hallinan ,; ForeignPolicyinFocus

April 3, 2013

News Analysis

War & Peace

Mali, France, and Chickens

As French intervention causes the situation in Mali to spiral further out of control, it seems that this conflict was a long time in the making.

By: Conn Hallinan ,; ForeignPolicyinFocus

January 24, 2013

News Analysis

Four More Years: The Asia Pivot

For the first time since the collapse of the old Soviet Union, two major nuclear powers are bumping up against one another.

By: Conn Hallinan ,; ForeignPolicyinFocus

December 30, 2012

News Analysis

Spanish Austerity Savage to the Point of Sadism

If you are Josef Ackermann heading up the Deutsche Bank, you earned an 8 million Euro bonus in 2012, because you successfully manipulated the past four years of economic …

By: Conn Hallinan ,; ForeignPolicyinFocus

June 18, 2012

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