May 30, 2019
North KoreaUnwavering faith in the gospel of denuclearization is not supported by an objective evaluation of its track record.
April 9, 2018
SyriaEverything Trump does in Syria revolves around what’s good for Trump. And that’s bad for America.
February 28, 2018
Middle East and North AfricaThere’s a very familiar method to the administration’s apparent regional madness.
January 16, 2018
EgyptEgypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia are close to armed conflict over a Nile dam project; so far the United States is ignoring them.
December 19, 2017
Donald TrumpConsidering how destabilizing Donald J. Trump’s foreign policy has been over the past year, the National Security Strategy (NSS) the White House released on Monday is surprisingly moderate. Written u…
September 15, 2017
United NationsIn a preview of President Trump’s message to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly next week, National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster on Friday repeatedly uttered two words: “sovereignty and acco…
August 10, 2017
PakistanNearly sixteen long years on, the United States still struggles with how to devise a strategy for success in Afghanistan. The Donald J. Trump administration’s ongoing strategic review, according to p…
July 6, 2017
Donald TrumpIn his major speech in Poland today, President Donald J. Trump pledged that the United States will work with its allies to defend “Western civilization” from “dire threats to our security and way of …
June 26, 2017
Saudi ArabiaKing Salman's son Mohammed is now the desert kingdom's dominant figure—and the challenges before him are huge.
April 14, 2017
IndiaNational Security Adviser H.R. McMaster will head to Afghanistan, and reportedly Pakistan and India as well, this weekend. In the wake of Thursday’s Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb drop in Afghanista…