A transition like no other: Foreign relations in the lame duck period
All eyes are on Saudi Arabia and Israel, as both countries seemingly have the most to lose with Trump’s departure.
All eyes are on Saudi Arabia and Israel, as both countries seemingly have the most to lose with Trump’s departure.
Authoritarian internet policies have led to the rise of a cyber Westphalia, creating a dilemma for the United States.
Israel has dropped its opposition to the US F-35 sale to UAE — at a stiff price of course. It’s all in the horse trading.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on a third ceasefire in as many weeks, and given the failure of the first two to stop the fighting hopes were slim that this one would have much of an effect, either.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to boost efforts by the world’s largest Muslim movement to recontextualize Islam during a forthcoming visit to Indonesia as part of a three-nation Asian tour.
President Trump may lose his reelection bid, but that will not be enough. We need fundamental change rather than a return to the status quo ante.
Enacting sanctions is as second nature for Washington policy types as giving remarks at a think-tank or writing an op-ed for the Washington Post.
Headlines tend to gravitate toward Russian, Iranian, and Chinese info ops, but those originating in Saudi Arabia and the UAE are just as harmful.
Democracy promotion got a bad name during the George W. Bush years, but there are merits to returning to the concept both at home and abroad.
While the administration piles on more sanctions, real stories from inside Iran show how much ordinary people are suffering under their weight.
Trump’s reelection gambit to coerce Sudan into normalizing relations with Israel may have long term negative consequences.
A former Obama official came under fire for agreeing to participate in a forum on Iran policy with Dubowitz, and the result only proved the validity of those concerns.
While Americans cannot ignore the world beyond their borders, the last thing they need is to embark upon a fresh round of searching for distant monsters to destroy.
The American people are not getting straight information about foreign happenings that ought to concern them.
Newly obtained documents confirm think tank’s involvement in a now cancelled State Dept project attacking opponents of Trump’s Iran policy.
The United States has the dubious distinction of being the world’s leading arms dealer.
A new report outlines three key steps Congress can take to better ensure that US arms sales aren’t contributing to human suffering around the world.
As the conflict re-erupted in recent weeks, a complex web of lobbying on both sides has kicked into gear hoping to extract US support.
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.
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