Foreign Policy

Trump deems Iran in violation of the “worst deal ever.”

Some 13 percent of Afghan military personnel training in the United States last year went AWOL.

Bombed-out cities meant death and destruction. Now they promise billions of dollars — for new construction.

Meet Chen Miner, the man who has been getting groomed to run China — without anyone in the West seeming to notice.

Roadside bomb attacks are falling overall, except in Afghanistan.

The attorney general is aware of the threat Moscow poses to American elections — he just hasn’t done anything about it.

Trump does not appear to understand military service

The U.S. military’s way of operating in Afghanistan is a recipe for failure.

A Bangor police dog takes the podium.

Congress would be right to reform FISA.

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.