The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on NATO ally Turkey for its purchase of the S-400 air defense system from Russia. These long-overdue sanctions not only impose necessary costs on the government...
ISIS isn't dead, al-Qaeda is not a ‘shadow of its former self,’ and the Taliban is not our counterterrorism partner.
It’s with China, and to win it will require bipartisan consensus
The Saudis need to get on Biden’s good side. Obvious places to start include releasing women’s rights activists.
An assassination provides insight into relations between Tehran and AQ
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo issued an ultimatum last month to think tanks and academic institutions around the country: Publicly disclose funding received from foreign governments or risk losing access...
There’s talk of the new American administration moving closer to Iran. Could a Saudi step toward peace with Israel protect Riyadh from the troubles that might ensue?
The Trump administration may be on its way out, but it can still advance American interests between now and January. This is particularly true in the Middle East, where White House policies have arguably...
China and Russia are waiting and seeing, but the Taliban has acknowledged the president-elect.
As the lessons of the JCPOA suggest, weaponization is very difficult to define and monitor, so it requires a catch-all plan that also focuses on the regime’s past activities.
How the 'great powers' are reconfiguring their partnerships for a new era. Plus, why it matters that al-Qaeda’s media chief was killed in Taliban country.
The administration is pursuing a whole-of-government approach to counter China’s concept of Comprehensive National Power.
In an unexpected announcement on October 10, a group of Iran-backed Shiite militia groups declared their intention to suspend forthwith their attacks on U.S. interests in Iraq, while conditioning the ceasefire’s...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will host the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia for apparently separate meetings in Washington this Friday to discuss the ongoing fighting between their two countries....
India announced on Monday that the Australian Navy would join the November 2020 Malabar exercise — an annual, high-end joint exercise conducted predominantly at sea that has included only American,...
Withdrawing from the Multinational Force and Observers might be penny-wise, but would certainly be pound-foolish.