Major combat is winding down in Syria. ...
The United States appears to have taken past generations’ investments in the country’s physical infrastructure about as far as they can go....
The new National Security Strategy to be unveiled today by President Donald Trump embodies essentially the same four core national interests proclaimed by previous administrations, though with vital differences as to how these interests are meant to be achieved. ...
Relations between the United States and Turkey, once close allies, entered a serious decline after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Edrogan held Washington partly responsible for a failed military coup in 2016. ...
While the U.S. faces an array of complex national security threats, three in particular are among the biggest causes for concern, with broad ramifications going into 2018 and beyond. ...
It is both fitting and necessary to acknowledge the magnitude of the Iraqi people’s military defeat of the so-called Islamic State (IS). ...
On December 9, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi declared on his Twitter account that Iraq had ‘fully liberated’ its territory from the so-called Islamic State, through ‘unity and sacrifice for our nation.’ ...
On November 30, President Trump responded to media reports that Chief of Staff John Kelly intended to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo by saying, ‘He's here. Rex is here.’ ...
Sexual harassment in the workplace is an under-acknowledged and under-reported fact of life for many women in the public and private sectors across the United States...
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.’...