On the two-decade anniversary of the U.S. invasion, Iraq is weakly governed, leaving it prone to instability and meddling by neighbors—especially Iran.

There’s something farcical—but entirely rational—about the way authoritarians such as Egypt’s Sisi invoke legal justifications for repression.

Did Erdogan break Turkish politics by empowering the presidency—or was it broken already?

Iraq and Egypt show how hard it is to get rid of a militarized security force.