How Egypt’s Generals Sidelined Uncle Sam

What if the sole superpower on the planet makes its will known — repeatedly — and finds that no one is listening?…

Washington has vociferously denounced Afghan corruption as a major obstacle to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. This has been widely reported. Only…

The United States and Pakistan are by now a classic example of a dysfunctional nuclear family (with an emphasis on “nuclear”). While…

The following ingredients should go a long way to produce a political thriller. Mr. M, a jihadist in an Asian state, has…

Washington often acts as if Pakistan were its client state, with no other possible patron but the United States. It assumes that…

“Make poverty history!” A catchy slogan, and an admirable aim, it was adopted by world leaders at the United Nations summit in…

Irrespective of their politics, flawed leaders share a common trait. They generally remain remarkably oblivious to the harm they do to the…

While the tone of the Obama administration is different from that of its predecessor, and some of its foreign policies diverge from…

By marshalling the regime’s coercive instruments, Iran’s 70-year-old supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, has, for now, succeeded in curbing the popular, peaceful…