Iraq

The former militia leader who once terrorized U.S. forces has reinvented himself as an Iraqi nationalist and a pragmatist.

Beijing is using the region's ongoing woes to solidify its own geopolitical agenda.

The big question for the world is whether the United States will now follow its old Iraq playbook, too.

In the run-up to the G-7 summit, Trump seemed to forget a key lesson from history.

Will it be the Harvard- and MIT-educated mandarin, the coveralls-wearing man of the people — or someone else the world has never heard of?

The time is ripe for a U.S. approach based on pushing Iranian domestic politics into crisis.

For the first time since the military defeat of the Islamic State, Iraqis are voting for a new parliament. And Tehran and Washington aren’t getting in the way.

Iraqi politicians are finally crossing ethnic and religious lines. But how long can the good vibes last?

The Trump Administration’s lack of engagement has made the terrorist threat worse.

Airstrikes against Syria may galvanize support against the United States.

What Tunisia can teach its neighbors about the value of education.

Two events, just minutes apart, had very different messages.

Without territory, the Islamic State has quickly reverted back to its origins as a terrorist group.

Having won the war, will the United States end up yet again squandering the peace?

The traditional object of the West’s romantic foreign-policy visions is now the graveyard of its idealism.

In a proposed aid overhaul, Nikki Haley embraces an “America first” foreign policy.

The United States invaded the Levant 15 years ago – but the region’s scorched-earth ideology has kept the fire burning.

U.S.-made tanks that fell into militia hands have sparked a standoff with Baghdad over assistance.

With the Islamic State on the brink of military defeat, the State Department is poised to eliminate the office charged with coordinating the fight.

There’s a very familiar method to the administration’s apparent regional madness.