Diplomacy & Crisis News

Peshmerga views of the post-ISIS regional order are key to understanding Iraq’s political future.

Some 700,000 people are living illegally on the slopes of Italy's most famous active volcano, and nobody has any idea what to do with them.

As President Bashar al-Assad tightens his grip over the country, it's time for those who tried to topple him to take stock of where they went wrong.

Spreading democracy is still the best chance for global peace, she argues.

Steve Bannon is gone from the West Wing. Can Trump’s White House finally get itself in order?

Those of us who have criticized the president when he has made mistakes should give him credit when he makes the right call.

Trump’s “new approach” isn’t new at all, but it’s the least worst option.

There is no federal crime of domestic terrorism with which James Fields can be charged.

Despite all the resources now available to our veterans, we were missing the one thing we needed most: each other.

America’s drug pushers aren’t in Mexico — they’re right at home.

Details may be slim, but the president nailed the "why" of America's longest war — and boldly went against his political base.

  With Adam Rawnsley A new push in the same forever war. President Donald Trump sought to bury the Obama approach to Afghanistan by adding more troops, erasing timelines, and calling for the defeat of the Taliban. In his prime time speech Monday night, the president refused to say how many more troops he would ...

How did Mikheil Saakashvili go from leader of the Rose Revolution to stateless wanderer?

Will Afghans ever be able to take over from U.S. Forces?

Spain is on the periphery of Europe, but central to modern jihad.

Answer: The fascists have to get creative.

Five recommendations for Sam Brownback.

Just as the Arab world struggles to come to grips with jihadism, the United States has failed to grapple with its own demons.

But does the president know what he wants to do with it?

After several accidents and collisions this year, the Navy is trying to figure out what is going on.