2019-01-15
The main argument is that it is a mistake to think that ISIS has been defeated just because the last town that it held has been liberated...
Over a period of mere days in late December the Trump administration made two troop withdrawal decisions that startled Washington
2019-01-12
Time magazine did not choose Donald Trump as its Person of the Year in 2018, but it may do so this year
2019-01-08
Even if American troops come home in a timely fashion, they will likely return before long
t has been 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and despite significant progress toward improving life expectancy and boosting incomes around the world
2019-01-06
Technologies powered by artificial intelligence are being applied to some of the world’s most challenging human-development issues
Iran is exerting considerable pressure on the Iraqi government to compel it not to abide by the US sanctions that have been imposed on Tehran in order for it to change
2018-12-28
Autocracys Global Ascendance
This Human Rights Day (December 10) marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations General Assemblys adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
2018-12-08
The demise of the Weekly Standard is proof that the once popular neoconservatism of the past few decades has died
2018-12-02
A secret biography suggests that Abu Ali al-Anbari defined the group’s radical approach more than any other person.
The success of this week’s G-20 meeting is threatened by the increasing tensions between the Ukraine and Russia.
2018-11-24
The mid term elections are over and Americans are preparing for a number of resignations and firings inside the White House
2018-11-09
Instead of wasting the gas the country will reap the benefits of putting it to good use
2018-10-20
Now that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have plummeted from last years absurdly high valuations, the techno-utopian mystique of so-called distributed-ledger technologies should be next.
2018-10-07
The fact is that Israel and Russia have a relationship that goes back over a century
2018-10-06
The Trump administrations push to create a new military department, known as the Space Force, has generated a fair amount of skepticism and more than a few nerdy jokes
Governments are largely responsible for the borrowing binge, with their debt growing not just nominally...
To understand the thirst for this type of media it is important to reflect on past developments in Arabic language news
If Riyadh did in fact order Khashoggi’s detention, it may be miscalculating the likely negative impact on U.S. diplomacy and Western investment.
2018-09-30
Russia will transfer two to four S 300 air defense missile systems to Syria within the next two weeks
2018-09-23
Israel has fully joined the battle in Syria—but it’s not clear it can achieve any of its goals there.
The United States is less than two months away from its mid-term elections and passions are growing more heated
What happened and how will these incidents impact the ongoing fighting in Syria?
2018-09-10
the supreme religious authority reminded the citizens by inviting them previously to participate freely and widely in the elections to choose the best
The last independent rebel enclaves in parts of Deraa and Quneitra provinces have ceased to be