Commentary / World May 13, 2020
Can a broke America fight a cold war with China?
by Hal Brands
The coronavirus has united Americans against Beijing’s aggressions, but it will also devastate the Pentagon budget.
Commentary / Japan Apr 16, 2020
Opportunity in crisis: Exploiting global disarray
by Stephen R. Nagy
China continues to destabilize the Indo-Pacific and try to reshape the international order in order to achieve regional dominance.
Commentary / World Apr 8, 2020
U.S. and Iran inch toward a clash in Iraq
by Hussein Ibish
Tehran is seeking military leverage while Washington wants to capitalize on overlapping crises.
Commentary / World Apr 8, 2020
Biden’s call to ease Iran sanctions fits a bad pattern
by Bobby Ghosh
When it comes to the Middle East, the former vice president has a history of endorsing woolly and reckless ideas.
World / Social Issues Feb 14, 2020
Aid chief warns fighting in Idlib posing threat to region, creating 'Gaza in Syria'
Fighting around a rebel holdout in northwestern Syria is a "clear and present threat" to regional peace, the head of the International Rescue Committee aid group warned Thursday. David Miliband said that Russian-backed President Bashar Assad's offensive on Idlib was creating a "Gaza in Syria" ...
World Jan 30, 2020
Mali will increase the size of its army by about 50 percent in a recruitment drive this year aimed at uprooting jihadist groups, Prime Minister Boubou Cisse said on Wednesday. The plan is to hire 10,000 new soldiers in the coming months to "allow our ...
World Jan 29, 2020
Remains of two U.S. service members retrieved from Afghan air crash site in Taliban territory
The United States recovered on Tuesday the remains of two personnel from a U.S. military aircraft that crashed in Afghanistan, American and Afghan officials have said. On Monday, the U.S. military said an E-11A aircraft had crashed in the province of Ghazni, but disputed claims ...
World Jan 19, 2020
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar blocks oil exports, raising stakes for Berlin peace summit
Forces loyal to Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar blocked oil exports from the war-ravaged country's main ports Saturday, raising the stakes on the eve of an international summit aimed at bringing peace to the North African nation. The move to cripple the country's main income ...
World Jan 19, 2020
Key players meet Sunday in Berlin to build on a fragile cease-fire for Libya and try to tackle foreign interference in a country mired in chaos since its 2011 NATO-backed uprising. Here are key elements behind the insecurity and political anarchy in the oil-rich North ...
World Jan 19, 2020
Oil-rich Libya has been mired in chaos since the ouster and killing of dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, with two rival authorities and a multitude of militias now vying for control. The country's internationally recognized unity government is based in Tripoli while eastern strongman Khalifa ...
World Jan 17, 2020
Dozens killed as Damascus presses Idlib offensive, shattering truce
Dozens of fighters and civilians were killed in Syria's Idlib province as the government pressed a deadly offensive Thursday toward a key town in the country's last rebel bastion. The latest violence, which followed airstrikes that killed 19 civilians on Wednesday, buried a cease-fire deal ...
World / Politics Jan 16, 2020
Iran's president urges 'unity' after protests over jetliner downing
President Hassan Rouhani appealed Wednesday for "unity" and flagged the need for radical changes to the way Iran is run, after a wave of angry protests over the accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner. The Kyiv-bound Boeing 737 was shot down in a catastrophic error ...