War

Volodymyr Zelensky is walking a fine line as he seeks peace with Russia without being seen as ceding too much in return.

The U.S. military is focused on future fights against China and Russia—but it could be playing right into their hands.

Breaking up monopolies was the first step in fighting Hitler.

Long considered domestic issues, the continent’s battles are really international contests for influence and power.

The ruthless Syrian dictator is guilty of countless war crimes—and regrettably represents his country’s least bad remaining option.

Pushing a controversial peace agreement, the new president faces blowback in Kyiv that he may not be able to overcome.

The European Union is funding the Libyan coast guard to keep migrants out of Europe and detain them in a failed state—and that leaves them at the mercy of militias and human traffickers.

A major new report about the Syrian war raises the question of whether Washington ever cared about it in the first place.

The Yemeni minority group hardly had anything to do with Iran—until the Saudis got involved.

Most South Asians are too young to have experienced the horrors of the conflicts fought in the region. That’s one reason why they’re quick to clamor for one.

After 18 years of war, thousands of lives lost, and hundreds of billions of dollars squandered, the United States accomplished precisely nothing.

How India decided to end the area’s autonomous status and what it means for the region.

American elites used to see war as a tragic necessity. Now they’re completely addicted to it.

Then-U.S. secretary of state feared too much winning would make Israel harder to influence.

Critics of offshore balancing claim a more restrained U.S. foreign policy will breed insecurity. They’re wrong, and their arguments are easily debunked.

A new book looks at why the U.S. military keeps trapping itself in endless conflicts.

After years of bloody warfare, it’s time to recognize what the Syrian dictator rules over: a chronically violent and chaotic failed state.

The gap between soldiers and civilians is hurting democracies.

The U.S. foreign-policy establishment shouldn’t balk at pledges to roll back national security commitments.

The transportation secretary is part of a long line of individuals who’ve bridged China and the United States—and done well for themselves in the process.