The incoherence of Washington's Syria policy is a symptom of its failure to define a new role in the world.
The United Nations needs to accept that it's possible to fight and broker peace agreements at the same time.
America finally has a president who grasps the basic logic of offshore balancing in the Middle East.
There's only one way to accomplish all of America's goals in Syria: cooperating with Russia.
The Trump administration's latest missile strikes in Syria were never going to accomplish anything. But the show must go on.
Trump’s latest airstrikes are a new U.S.-Russian missile crisis that risks devastating escalation.
As an era of peace approaches, both countries should take practical steps to strengthen the relationship.
Ankara claims to oppose the Islamic State. Its actions suggest otherwise.
Everything Trump does in Syria revolves around what’s good for Trump. And that’s bad for America.
For the first time in his career, Washington’s most belligerent foreign policy wonk is officially outside the bureaucratic box.
A new wave of historical dramas is telling the wrong stories about the country’s past.
Other ethnic minorities will be Myanmar’s next victims.
A brief checklist to know whether Trump is getting serious about attacking another country.
America's representatives can, and should, end the country's participation in the horrific onslaught on Yemen.
In a nighttime ride from the Syrian border, the president of the Red Cross describes tensions between his moral principles and the country's political realities.