War

The intensification of the liberal-neoconservative alliance under Trump is not good news for Democrats.

Washington should hand over U.S. military and political roles to other countries, including China.

In the social media age, what you share is deciding what happens on the battlefield.

With battles raging in Idlib, near the Golan Heights, and in the country's east, the civil war is far from over.

Beijing boasts it can seize the island easily. The PLA knows better.

Open-source intelligence is a vital tool for governments—and for checking them.

Battlefield experience shouldn’t trump the outsider benefits of civilian leadership.

Future conflicts will mostly be waged by drug cartels, mafia groups, gangs, and terrorists. It is time to rethink our rules of engagement.

Why the next big battle may not be fought over treasure or territory—but for fish.

Ultrafast computing is critical to modern warfare. But it also ensures a lot could go very wrong, very quickly. 

Foreign Policy staffers review recent releases.

Fighters were armed and paid to keep Iranian-linked forces away from Israel’s border.

The United States has spent far more time obscuring its role in the Saudi-led war in Yemen than in explaining any rationale for it.

The government claims the country is having an election. Fighters in the East are preparing for battle.

Bashar al-Assad won. It’s worth thinking about why the United States didn’t.

The special prosecutor's latest indictments prove he's waging more than just a legal battle.

Two French best-sellers draw warnings for the present from the stories of Hitler’s henchmen.

Also: Works on India’s rise, the history of U.S. trade politics, and social media’s role in modern conflicts.

To understand Iran’s foreign policy, you need to learn a little Farsi.

From alienating allies to starting trade wars, Trump has made plenty of foreign-policy errors. But his biggest blunder is the one Obama handed him.