As Elon Musk begins to step back from his work with the Trump administration, analysts are engaging in widespread debate over his time in government, asking: What was he trying...

Sometimes, the significance of a news event can be measured by the degree to which the mainstream media downplays or ignores it altogether. This appeared to be the case this...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the outcome of direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks, Israeli airstrikes across Gaza, and the United States preparing to set new tariff rates...

The Trump administration has been especially active on Middle East policy this past week. It reestablished U.S. ties with Syria, continued nuclear talks with Iran, and negotiated the release of...

During his first term, U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy toward Israel was typified by strong support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his agenda. But recent actions by Trump on...

When international delegations attended the European Commission’s conference on Syria on March 17, Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini, or Aga Khan V, attended alongside them. Addressing the conference, he reiterated his community’s...

On one level, the Taylor Sheridan-written Sicario movies exist solely to answer the question, “What would it look like if Benicio del Toro was a merciless, hyper-violent, highly skilled assassin?”...

Once, while shuttling between meetings in steamy Beijing during the summer of 2010, I asked Zbigniew Brzezinski who his single biggest foreign policy influence was. I was the great man’s...

U.S. President Donald Trump came to power promising he would deport as many as a million immigrants a year. By most accounts, he has fallen far short so far. Does...

The dust has yet to settle on the most recent Pakistan-India crisis, but another one is already—and inevitably—around the corner within the next few years. The Pakistani Army, which rules...