Trump’s so-called maximum pressure campaign has empowered hard-line figures in Tehran, marginalizing those eager to take the diplomatic route.

Israel’s West Bank land grab is on hold for now.

Aegis Ashore was more expensive than bargained for, but scrapping the program may come with its own costs.

The White House wants fired National Security Council aide Rich Higgins hired for a senior Defense position.

Months of isolation and governments grappling with other crises could lead to a rise in attacks.

Hindu nationalism has helped spread a distinct brand of anti-Islam around the world, and famously multicultural Canada may have a problem on its hands.

Putin is replicating his success in Syria in a new theater of conflict—and part of his plan is to hurt American interests once again.

Populists came to power peddling political fantasies—but the coronavirus has broken the fever.

How the physical environment affects our experience of difference.

Unit 29155 of the GRU is behind plenty of Russia’s high-profile misadventures abroad—and now, apparently, the bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

With Afghanistan again facing a political crisis, Mohammed Najibullah’s tarnished memory is being rehabilitated by some. But the crimes of the last Soviet-supported president, who was killed by the Taliban, are hardly forgotten.

Rising extremist violence in the country’s oil-rich north threatens stability in southern Africa—and requires a coordinated response.

Ethnic minorities are being targeted by family planning departments as reproduction restrictions loosen on Han Chinese.

The Turkish president wants to turn Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. Destroying its dual Orthodox-Islamic heritage would be a blow to religious pluralism and tolerance.

The Assad regime is cracking under the pressure of stalemate—just like the State Department planned.