Foreign Policy

The CIA recently released hundreds of thousands of files seized from Osama bin Laden’s compound. What can we learn from them?

Robert Menendez is credibly accused of serious crimes, but his party has never seemed to have a problem with him.

With Chinese support, Hun Sen has effectively destroyed all opposition to his autocratic rule.

The New York Observer, owned by Trump’s son-in-law, was a friendly outlet for the 2016 Russian hackers.

Hillary Clinton doesn’t have to worry about a special prosecutor, and three other takeaways from the Attorney General’s latest Congressional testimony.

As Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Russia rush to fill the vacuum of leadership in the Middle East, the United States is AWOL.

How command and control works when the military wakes up the president vs. when the president wakes up the military.

As a young reporter in political Washington in the late 1980s, I noticed that there was a type of person who thrived in the driven, transactional environment of the capital.

U.S. taking eye off South China Sea, Navy searching for way to 355 ships, Pentagon experimenting with new missile defenses

It’s been over a year since Trump promised dozens more warships.

Nikki Haley warns U.S. is prepared to use military to enforce prohibition on Syrian chemical weapons use.

Does democracy go down in the DMs? The folks at Lawfare discuss.

The United States needs to put a stop to this flashpoint before it’s too late.

The rest of the world may not particularly like the U.S. president’s bluster, but playing to his ego is a pretty good strategy.

Funds for therapy and education are reportedly cut.

Don't expect Benjamin Netanyahu to put Israeli soldiers in harm's way in Lebanon on Mohammed bin Salman's say-so.

Americans’ favorite meat just got riskier to eat.

China is starting to dictate terms in one of the world’s strategic waterways, and the United States is largely missing in action.

Coffee as the conduit for memories of a military career

The Communist Revolution was far more geopolitically influential than its contemporary critics — and even its celebrants — acknowledge.