The Syrian civil war has been, from the beginning, barbaric against the civilian population. The war is a local catastrophe, having killed some 450,000 people, and also an intensely complicated regional and international crisis...
In 2015, China announced a massive initiative to build transportation and energy infrastructure in Asia, Europe, and Africa. The “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) envisions nearly 1,000 projects that would link 64 countries, including China, in a reconstituted Silk Road...
On April 6, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced the United States was imposing new sanctions on Russian officials and oligarchs...
One of the more tragically enduring images of the rise and fall of the so-called Islamic State is that of the masked executioner, reveling in the spectacle of savagery...
Most threats are overstated in terms of global reach. Yet the risk and the global consequences of another war between India and Pakistan—who have fought several full-on wars since 1947 and endured endless border tensions and small conflicts—is difficult to overstate...
There are few issues as ripe for exploitation by politicians than over the acceptance of refugees. Staggering numbers of people are trying to flee active conflicts, primarily from Syria, but also from Iraq and Afghanistan. Persistent ecological, political, and economic crises plague much of the...
On April 2, the White House confirmed a Kremlin statement that United States President Donald Trump had discussed, or at least mentioned, a possible summit between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin...
The years-long United States policy position in Syria—that it must fight against the so-called Islamic State, but not engage in the larger civil war plaguing the nation—has shifted...
Traveling as his father and grandfather did before him, secretly and in an armored train, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made a surprise visit to China on March 26, the first time he has met with another head of state since taking office in 2011...
The United Kingdom has been dealing with a credible threat of terrorism—along with infrequent but serious attacks—that might not be fully appreciated in the United States, where the fear of terrorism far exceeds the threat...
The war between Houthi rebels and the Saudi-backed coalition in Yemen marked its 3rd year on March 22. It is difficult to overstate the scale of human suffering of the Yemeni people, a plight that is directly related to the country’s perpetual state of conflict....
On March 26, the United States announced it was expelling 60 Russian diplomats, assessing most as intelligence officers...
The approximately 35,000 employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) have enormous responsibilities, ranging from counterterrorism to counterintelligence, as well as working on more ‘traditional crime’ such as bank robbery, kidnapping, and financial fraud....
In explaining his March decision to replace Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State, President Trump cited his disagreement with Tillerson over the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran....
The terror behind a bombing spree of the sort that has gripped Texas since March 2 is quite rare. Serial bombers, like the suspect in the Texas incidents, identified as Mark Anthony Conditt, generate massive fear because of the seemingly random nature of the targets...