Foreign Policy

That thought had never occurred to me until I read Andrade’s "Gunpowder Age."

The rise of Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada shows that the Taliban’s old guard is still holding the reins of power -- and deciding the future of the Afghan war.

The deal, known as a host nation support agreement, will grant NATO more room to operate on Swedish territory for training exercises or in the event of a conflict in the region.

The appointment of Avigdor Liberman as Israel's new defense minister is jolting the country’s politics and sparking fears of a "shoot first, and ask questions later" military policy.

Two Muslim students who refused to shake their female teacher's hand will be fined $5,000 if they don't do it.

"We need your support," Antonio Rodiles says.

President Obama plans to lease a house in DC's posh Kalorama neighborhood.

Sweden's cabinet reshuffle came after a series of incredibly awkward missteps.

2015 Global Thinker Marjan Minnesma and Gasland director Josh Fox debate the best—and perhaps only—way to spurn action on climate change: Terrify people.

Lies told by 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle continue to mount.

An independent State Department watchdog revived Hillary Clinton’s e-mail headaches with a stinging criticism Wednesday of the Democratic front-runner’s use of a personal server for work messages -- arousing an issue her campaign has tried to dismiss as overblown.

Event Notice: “Anderson Cooper 360 Special: We Got Him: President Obama, Bin Laden, and the Future of the War on Terror,” on Monday, May 2 at 8 PM (EST). CNN’s and New America’s Peter Bergen sits down with President Barack Obama and current and former national security staff members to talk about the Bin Laden raid and ...

After the Iraqi parliament again could not reach an agreement on the remaining cabinet nominations put forward by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, protesters rallied by influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr overran the Green Zone on Saturday. The crowd remained mostly nonviolent, though some property was damaged and there was at least one report of a parliamentarian ...

FP on the plane; U.S. and India swap sub tech to counter China; Fat Leonard claims another Navy officer; and lots more

Thousands of Yazidis have been saved from the jihadist group, but are now victims of infighting among Kurdish militias and the Iraqi government.

And the campaign to stop him is getting ugly.

Speechwriting at NATO is a self-defeating, creatively stifling exercise -- one that threatens the hallowed institution's very existence. An insider account of how to fix it.

When it comes to the treatment of journalists, Kiev is starting to look a lot like Moscow.

For the first time, Baghdad's Green Zone has been breached by protesters.

The Pentagon has quietly released a report on civilian casualties that it's hoping nobody will notice.