Foreign Policy

A month after its independence referendum, Iraqi Kurdistan is seeing its economic future threatened.

The Islamic State has ramped up its Russian-language recruitment.

And Western countries need a plan to defuse the threat they pose.

Critics fear Trump administration will politicize diplomatic corps with unprecedented pick.

In Vienna, the center-right and populist right are vying for power. All of Europe is watching.

An officer wards off boredom with bad food, booze, and Russia Today during a layover in Al Udeid.

“Having served as an infantryman for four and a half years, I learned more about tactics and how to employ Marines more effectively in the 10 days spent at the experiment in the desert than I did in the entirety of my service."

Air Force paying to build contractor fighter force; South Korea says no nukes.

The Spanish region’s leaders believe punishment can be a path to redemption – as long as they’re not the ones who suffer.

We need to demand accountability from social media companies — and from U.S. diplomats.

The war against the Islamic State concealed the Kurds' political and economic weaknesses. The loss of Kirkuk has made them impossible to ignore.

For years, the U.S. military secretly flew Russian aircraft. Now it needs a cheaper option.

The “sonic attacks” in Cuba aren’t the first suspected instance of invisible attacks on U.S. diplomats.

Fearing the Kremlin’s grand design, and another nuclear disaster, Vilnius has turned a power plant into a battleground.

His eyes bulged out, as the tip of the pistol slammed into the back wall of his throat.

A big Halloween roundup

Experts doubt a coherent space policy from the Trump administration.

The Russia collusion scandal is closing in on America’s commander-in-chief of fake news.

I wanted to see if killing the undead would make me smarter.

New worries over Chinese military capabilities, Trump transgender ban blocked