The logic traces back to early 2017, when Trump issued his first ban covering seven Muslim-majority countries.

Arising from this strategic unraveling, the Eastern Mediterranean stands as the clearest example of how Israel is recalibrating its regional posture. What was once a peripheral theatre has become the ...

Elliott Abrams has resurfaced with familiar instructions on how to “fix” Venezuela, a country he neither understands nor respects, yet feels entitled to ...

The widely circulated article in Global Geopolitics, “America’s Hypocrisy as Policy,” offers a thoughtful reaction to US President Donald Trump’s insane but self-serving threat to invade Nigeria under ...

Iraq’s election has been closely watched from way beyond its borders, as the young democracy finds itself in a power struggle between the US, Israel and Iran. The parliamentary vote, the seventh since ...

During the Iran–Iraq War, Iran’s F-4 Phantoms flew more than 1,000 kilometers to attack Iraq’s H-3 airbase — one of the conflict’s most daring air operations. Coast Guard changes swastika policy after ...

In an exclusive interview conducted ahead of fateful parliamentary elections, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani outlines to Newsweek his efforts to transform his nation from a source of ...

Iraqis are awaiting the preliminary results of Tuesday's election for a new parliament, as Washington watches closely and pressures Iraq's government to curb neighboring Iran's influence. Election ...

Please join the Middle East Institute (MEI) for a half-day conference focused on Syria one year into its historic transition.

The US carried out its first strike against an alleged drug boat on September 2 in the Caribbean between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago. Since then, 20 more boats have been destroyed in the ...

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