Foreign Policy

With Thailand’s ailing monarch fading from the scene, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha is positioning himself to rule indefinitely — by silencing all dissent.

A member of a pro-Islamic State forum has chipped in a rather out-of-the-box idea for jihad: turn Americans consumers off of salty snacks by associating them with beheadings -- a scheme he says will destroy the American economy.

A U.S.-led coalition is grappling over how to fight the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed allies in Libya and beyond without taking its eyes off Iraq and Syria.

An unlikely alliance of lawmakers, labor union, and the Tea Party could sink Obama's Asia trade bill in the House.

The NATO Resolute Support Mission’s (RSM’s) mandate to “train, advise, and assist,” but a better prerogative would be to “assess, train, advice, and assist.”

Like the families of the 1,400 U.S. Marines killed in action in recent years, Andrea and Jim Hug of Phoenix, Arizona planned to travel to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware this month to receive their son’s coffin after getting news that he died in a helicopter crash in Nepal.

When China declares an Air Defense Identification Zone in the South China Sea, the United States will have only itself to blame.

Want to build democracy in Venezuela? Start by luring expatriates back.

On the eve of a national referendum on gay marriage, queer Ireland finds its voice, and a Catholic stronghold looks toward the future.

Even in the self-declared caliphate, it’s hard to shake the yoke of nepotism.

A controversial left-wing sociologist says that last January's show of unity was more about racism than patriotism. And the French are pissed.

Blaming India and failed domestic policies for insecurity in Pakistan has become a habit. Instead, constructive criticism of current operations against militants needs to bring about true reform.

And Beijing should stop perpetuating the self-serving notion that it is.

Palmyra is home to some of the world's best-preserved ruins.

The Grammy-winning DJ partnered with Google to send a satellite into space.

The outfit seems to think it has a copyright on the notion of helping wounded warriors.

If people tell you they don’t have time to read for pleasure, here are some of the books Winston Churchill read while leading the West during World War II.

One of the things I like about reading small-town newspapers (I read two weeklies where I live in Maine, and follow the websites of two other papers) is the short stories about members of the community who have gone off to the military.

Pakistan Bin Laden documents released On Wednesday, the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a large number of documents that were picked up by the U.S. SEALs at Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abottabad, Pakistan, on May 2, 2011 (CNN, NYT). The 103 documents released include correspondence between bin Laden and his ...

Forget the long war; we’re now in the thick of perpetual war.