Assad’s regime on December 8 has put Syria in the spotlight once again. Following over a decade of conflict, the killing of ...

Under the Biden administration, there have been a number of extraordinary events that have had a significant impact on US diplomatic relations with the Cook ...

Sitting down to write my annual assessment on trends in terrorism in early 2025, I am struggling more than usual, fresh off ...

Discussions of possible ceasefire negotiations in the war between Russia and Ukraine focus on the concessions that Ukraine could make to stop the hot phase of the war. At the same time, a realistic ...

VOA White House correspondent who previously covered the African continent for 14 years. In her many years as a newspaper, ...

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Walter A. McDougall argues powerfully that a pervasive but radically changing faith that “God is on our side” has inspired U.S. foreign policy ever since 1776. The ...

Nancy Ries is Emerita Professor of Anthropology and Peace and Conflict Studies at Colgate University. Her specialty is ...

In 1917, two empires that had dominated much of Europe and Asia teetered on the edge of the abyss, exhausted by the ruinous cost in blood and treasure of the First World War. As Imperial Russia and ...

Robert Benson, D.Phil., is a senior policy analyst for National Security and International Policy at American Progress. Prior to joining American Progress, Benson worked as a global relations ...