Of all the difficult issues to be resolved in the seven decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the status of Jerusalem is among the most combustible....
U.S.-backed efforts by Saudi heir apparent Mohammad bin Salman to challenge Iran more aggressively on a wide range of fronts appear to have had the opposite effect to what the Crown Prince expected....
The situation in Yemen—considered by many to be the worst humanitarian crisis in decades—has deteriorated again, proving that there is no bottom to the suffering caused by ill-conceived proxy and regional warfare. ...
The ongoing investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into alleged Trump campaign collusion with Russian meddling in the 2016 Presidential election took what appears to be a significant turn on December 1....
The always complicated and intrigue-filled power struggles between the Gulf states and their neighbors have lately taken on a form of open pressure and manipulation, as applied to other states' internal politics. ...
On June 16, 2016, British Member of Parliament Jo Cox was murdered by a far-right extremist yelling ‘This is for Britain’ and ‘Britain First.’...
For many decades, the U.S. has consistently used military power as its preferred means for resolving geopolitical challenges; either directly, through the use of military force, or indirectly, using pressure, proxies, and arms sales. ...
Despite having an essentially blank check from the White House when it comes to Iran, Saudi Arabia has not only failed to counter Tehran’s influence in the Middle East but has actually enhanced it....
For several years now, Egypt has been struggling to counter an escalating challenge from terrorist groups active in several parts of the country. ...
The U.S. has doubled its military presence in Somalia over the past year and will likely expand that presence further, as it pursues a two-track mission of building up the country’s security forces while conducting raids and airstrikes against al-Shabaab and the so-called Islamic State....
In his October 13 speech outlining Washington’s policy toward Iran, President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw the United States from the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement with Tehran, unless Congress and U.S. allies succeed in closing what the U.S. claims are key loopholes in the accord. ...
On November 19, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Antalya, Turkey to prepare for a November 22 summit in Russia to discuss efforts to resolve the Syrian civil war....
Upheaval continues to rock the Middle East, and complex power dynamics are exacerbating conflicts between states across Asia....
The United Nations (UN) observes its annual ‘International Day of Tolerance’ today, November 16....
On November 13, the U.S. House of Representatives took a meaningful, though symbolic step, towards reasserting a measure of congressional oversight over wars that have seen as much as sixteen years of combat, with possibly many more years to go....