In the early phase of the Syrian civil war, Iran denied the presence of its forces on Syrian soil despite evidence to the ...

Greenland’s surprising elections; movement toward a peace deal in Ukraine; and destabilizing violence in Syria, among others.

The idea of the Kra Canal – a bypass for the Strait of Malacca – dates all the way back to 1677. But though the technical ...

The era of liberal internationalist foreign policy is dead, and the sooner European leaders realize this, the better off the European Union will be.

The Northern Sea Route holds out the appealing possibility of circumventing shipping chokepoints like Suez and Malacca, bringing Russian exports to new markets in South Asia. But the logistics of ...

Russia’s shadow fleet has blunted the impact of Western energy sanctions, and other sanctioned states will seek to duplicate ...

The PKK’s unilateral disarmament marks a potential turning point in Kurdish relations with the Turkish state, but challenges ...

For clues as to how the latest Trump steel and aluminum tariffs may play out, one need only look to recent history.

NATO’s Supreme Allied Commanders Europe have been American since Gen. Eisenhower. Henry Kissinger suggested that a European should lead the alliance’s forces in Europe. Has the time come 40 years ...

Challenges like interoperability and historic under-investment continue to plague the European defense industry. But in the current geopolitical moment, there may be enough political will to overcome ...

Contrary to prevailing opinion in the White House, the world is far too complex to be reduced to simple deals and slogans.

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