Foreign Policy

A brave new book describes how Pakistan unraveled — and provides a blueprint for understanding declining pluralism across the Middle East.

CIA on Russia, Iran and al Qaeda and the weekly wrap.

A new survey shows a country with a constrained but active body politic, contrary to plenty of D.C. conventional wisdom.

From the ashes of the country’s deadliest terrorist attack, lasting peace seems a long way off.

The "sacred trust" between military families and the commander in chief provides secure ground

Conversations with Israelis these days tend to end up in one place: casus belli.

The GOP has stopped resisting President Trump and started accelerating his race to the bottom.

Vladimir Putin is fond of claiming that demographics are destiny – which may be why he’s so angry about his country’s financial straitjacket.

SitRep: U.S. warships ready near Korea; Deadly new Taliban offensive

China's president radically changed his country, and the Communist Party, through skill, determination — and a series of lucky breaks.

A 'tactical campaign masquerading as strategy' needs to find one now.

Tough words for “One Belt, One Road” and praise for a deepening defense partnership.

It doesn’t help that the Trump administration doesn’t seem to mind.

Diplomat in Trump’s Washington? Step into the vice president’s office.

Stung by its inclusion on the Trump administration’s travel ban, Chad is already making life harder for U.S. troops in Africa.

Is Trump’s undermining of Tillerson another step in his “madman” theory of diplomacy?

Russia is behind the United States but trying to catch up.

Trump took aim at the Obama-era DACA program. Now, reform-minded conservatives are scrambling to find their own immigration solutions.

An American assessment regimen would propel international organizations to better serve their own missions — and to incorporate U.S. interests.

As American drone bases sprout up across the continent, special operations forces push out.