There’s a single thread connecting the White House approach to the region, from Syria to Saudi Arabia.

The different responses to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Iraq's of Kuwait three decades ago reveal growing international fragmentation and disorder.

American politics turned hyper toxic several years ago, and ever since commentators have raised the specter of a second civil war. No other historical parallel, it seems, captures so viscerally today…

After decades of offering only chaos, Baghdad is trying to become a leading force in the region. 

Evidence is growing that Turkey’s president is ailing—and that could be bad news for the country’s politics.