Foreign Policy

This is a photograph of Texas National Guardsmen engineers helping some Texans in Granbury, Texas.

Nigeria's new president may have a mandate from the voters. But if he can't get the state governors on his side, his ambitious reforms won't stand a chance.

China's biggest index just took a stomach-churning plunge. Is it a sign of things to come?

The military is still facing the same problems in Iraq it has paid billions of dollars to fix over the past decade.

The Pakistani Taliban has published an essay criticizing the Islamic State's aggressive tactics.

The Islamic State is making million selling antiquities to foreigners, including Americans. Here's how U.S. buyers illegally purchase them.

Yang Xiuzhu topped the "most wanted" fugitives list China circulated last month, although it turns out that U.S. authorities had already detained her last June.

The ruling AKP and Turkey’s increasingly authoritarian president are pulling out all the stops for victory in high-stakes elections.

The Pentagon said Thursday it was testing anthrax samples it had sent to as many as nine states after one came up “hot” for live, and potentially dangerous, spores. The scare comes amid an investigation by two top U.S. homeland security experts that raises concerns about government mishandling of chemical and biological agents. Defense Department ...

The Burmese government refuses to acknowledge its responsibility for migrant Rohingya - since the official position is that no such people exists.

South African President Jacob Zuma has faced hundreds of corruption allegations in the past. Now he's been cleared of overusing government funds to ramp up his already lavish private home.

I admit it. I was prepared to scoff, because too many teams I have seen military officers recommend today’s pop favorite biz book. But I found this a surprisingly good list.

When French novelist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr uttered the immortal words, "the more things change, the more they remain the same," he probably didn't have the military in mind. However, the written works of Admiral William S. Sims, commander of United States naval forces in Europe during World War I, remind us that this dictum, in fact, often holds true in military affairs.

Peter Singer says it is a big deal.

Why deploying an American-led global army against the Islamic State would be a really bad idea.

Event Notice: Contested Terrain: The Future of Afghan Women, Today, 12:15 -1:45 p.m., (New America) Afghanistan Minister of Commerce and Industries submits 100-day plan Minister of Commerce and Industries Humayoun Rasa submitted his policy plan for the next 100 days on Thursday, outlining his strategies for developing the Afghan economy (TOLO). He said that corruption is ...

By Paul McLeary with Ariel Robinson Deal or no deal? Earlier this week, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu claimed Ankara and Washington had agreed in “principle” to provide air support to the Syrian fighters the U.S. is training and equipping to fight the Islamic State. But American officials say they’re not yet ready to go ...

Kurdish forces in Syria’s northeast retook a series of villages that the Islamic State captured earlier this year. The towns’ residents are reportedly waiting to return for fear of booby traps, and approximately 200 Assyrian Christians from the area are still believed to be held by the Islamic State. Farther south, Assad regime forces conducted ...