China is moving to solidify its claims to some of the most important sea lanes in the world. Beijing has installed missile systems and initiated take-offs and landings by its strategic H-6K bombers on islands it created in the South China Sea...
There is renewed concern over a rise in nativist sentiment by the countries comprising the European Union (E.U.), this time in Italy...
In a speech at the conservative Heritage Foundation on May 21, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expanded on President Donald Trump’s May 8 announcement that the United States would withdraw from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran...
There have been two recent efforts by the international community to convince a country to walk back from its nuclear weapons programs; the experiences in both Iran and Libya are likely to convince North Korea not to follow suit...
As it continues to collapse as a territorial proto-state in Syria and Iraq, the so-called Islamic State is maintaining a persistent presence in places that have proven impossible for foreign and local governments to control...
Since 2016, according to a study by the Associated Press, more than 25 clerics have been assassinated in the port city of Aden and other parts of southern Yemen...
The frustration of European countries with the United States is at historic highs, as Washington threatens sanctions against European companies that continue to do business with Iran after the U.S. reneged on its participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)...
The May 13 parliamentary elections in Iraq showed that local issues, personalities, and organization are at play in Iraq’s elections...
The toxic allure of the call to terror by the so-called Islamic State was on tragic display over three days in two countries. As the terrorist group suffers persistent and crushing losses, its narrative of an ‘us versus them’ ideology continues to radiate outwards across...
In 1968, China extended a 30-year interest-free credit to build a railroad from Zambia’s copper mines to Tanzania’s coast...
On May 7, in the Pakur district of the Indian state of Jharkhand, a 17-year old woman was raped and then set on fire, the latest in a string of high-profile attacks against women in a country where sexual violence is significantly underreported...
As expected, on May 8 President Trump ended U.S. participation in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—to which not only the United States and Iran but also Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China are parties...
It was recently reported that the U.S. is more deeply involved in the war in Yemen than the government has previously acknowledged...
Based on his recent statements, and despite the pleadings of major European leaders, President Trump is likely to allow key U.S. sanctions on Iran to go back into effect when a waiver of one of the major sanctions laws expires on May 12...
In the United States, pundits talk about elections as a ‘battle of turnout,’ and expend extensive time and money motivating supporters to get out and vote...