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Why can't the US get Southeast Asia's support in the South China Sea?
QiOSK

Why can't the US get Southeast Asia's support in the South China Sea?

States in the region agree that Beijing's maritime claims are extreme, but they won't join Washington in condemning them

Barack and Michelle Obama
Washington Politics

Obama has a lot to say about everything but his foreign policy

The 44th president has yet to publish his second volume of memoirs, which could shed light on his questionable decisions relating to Afghanistan, Syria, and more

Iran war
Middle East

A new US-Iran war would end where the last one did

The fundamentals won't change: Iran can threaten Hormuz, the United States can punish Iran, and neither can secure its objectives through force.


Euroskeptics in France, Germany suddenly gain steam in elections
Europe

Euroskeptics in France, Germany suddenly gain steam in elections

A common thread among AfD and support for Marine Le Pen's National Rally is national sovereignty and wariness of continued investment in the Ukraine war

The Houthis are increasingly setting their own agenda
Middle East

The Houthis are increasingly setting their own agenda

The militant group continues to flex its muscles both within Yemen and across the Middle East

The earthquake sprung Trump's Venezuela trap
Latin America

The earthquake sprung Trump's Venezuela trap

The administration designed the January arrangement to get the things it wanted without the burden of actually running a broken country. Now, the burden has been established anyway.