Reality Check
Aaron David Miller’s column, "Reality Check," appears weekly on ForeignPolicy.com.

The Michael Jackson Principle

Five leaders who need to take a look in the mirror.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JUNE 20, 2012

Everything in Syria Is Going to Plan

It just depends on whose plan you're talking about.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JUNE 13, 2012

The Enemy in Foggy Bottom?

Fine, Secretary Romney is a bad idea. But there are plenty of good reasons that presidents should cross the aisle when picking a secretary of state.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | JUNE 6, 2012

The Curious Case of Benjamin Netanyahu

Will Israel’s prime minister turn out to be a great man, or just a great maneuverer?

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 30, 2012

Barack O'Romney

Ignore what the candidates say they'll do differently on foreign policy. They're basically the same man.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 23, 2012

Israel's Image Revisited

What's driving Israel's very bad PR? 

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 16, 2012

Let's Make a Deal

Six real-world lessons on how to be a successful peace negotiator. Or at least not a total flop.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 9, 2012

The Dumb Idea Hall of Fame

There's much more where this came from, but here are five terrible ideas to get us started.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MAY 2, 2012

5 Reasons Obama Will Win in November

The election is six months away, but here's why the president already has this one in the bag.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 25, 2012

The New Arab Oz

We’re not in Kansas anymore, and there is no yellow brick road to guide us to salvation.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 18, 2012

The Second-Term Illusion

Or, why Barack won't be beating up on Bibi next year.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 11, 2012

Five Reasons Americans Should be Happy (In a Very Unhappy Middle East)

Cheer up. It's really bad. But all's not lost.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 4, 2012

What It Takes to Be a Great Secretary of State

(And why we can't have one in the Obama administration.)

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 28, 2012

Six Big Lies About How Jerusalem Runs Washington

From the Jewish cabal to the Capitol Hill Knesset, the worst leaps of logic when it comes to Israel, U.S. politics, and the Middle East.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 21, 2012

The Goldilocks Principle

No one's perfect, and surely not President Obama. But in the rough and tumble world of foreign policy, it's hard to argue he hasn't done most things just about right.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 15, 2012

How Not to Intervene in Syria

After everything that's happened over the last decade, shouldn’t we know a quagmire when we see one?

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 8, 2012

Why Does America Keep Making the Same Mistakes?

Fish for neighbors, and three other reasons behind our blunders.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | MARCH 1, 2012