The administration announced new crushing sanctions that will do nothing but add to the misery and suffering of the Iranian people
Partisan tropes and aggressive talking points prevailed over substance, and issues that really matter to Americans.
Since the conception of a military tribunal at Guantanamo, the attempt to administer justice there has entailed one delay after another.
Aimed to please Saudi Arabia, this bad idea will only exacerbate civilian suffering, while pushing the rebels into Iran’s arms.
The new Armenian-Azerbaijani war thus poses challenging questions of both Russia’s capabilities and its vision for itself, not only in the South Caucasus but vis-à-vis the global order that elsewhere it has been happy to challenge.
Pyongyang is never going to give up its weapons, so after 70 years the US must move the goalposts or risk further failure.
Others’ perceptions and his own posturing notwithstanding, Erdoğan is actually going through one of the most difficult periods of his political life.
The country and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman saw their chairmanship as an opportunity to showcase the kingdom’s leadership and ability to be a visionary global player.
The deal may undermine years of work toward self-determination for Western Sahara
Sudan isn’t the UAE; it has a more liberal and secular civil society that will oppose an agreement with Israel.
A failed industrial town is a microcosm of the political divide and why most of us would rather focus on home instead of monsters abroad.
Our leaders and elites have eschewed constitutional restraint and balance of power in favor of an imperial culture.
As another US Census count begins to wrap up, Iranians Americans are once again grappling with what it means to purportedly be ‘white’ in America
Will Washington finally realize that more bombs won’t make us more secure?
Two years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, the Quincy Institute takes a broad look at how US policy toward Saudi Arabia needs to change.
The Trump admin has reportedly expressed interest in deploying more nuclear weapons, a move that would only inflame tensions with US adversaries and allies.
America’s capital as a beacon for democracy around the world has already been greatly diminished.
US Iran envoy Elliott Abrams recently praised successes on getting Americans released, but the reality is that Trump officials only complicated the process.
It refocuses Republican politics on families, jobs, and communities, but it needs foreign policies to match.
If there’s one word that best summarizes the Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign, it’s “failure.”
The Islamic Republic is home to sizeable Azerbaijani community, perhaps one quarter of the population, within which elements have flirted with independence.