Global Thinkers: What Is the Way Out in Yemen?
FP contributor Elizabeth Dickinson and Yemeni activist Farea al-Muslimi on the reach of Riyadh and how the West could actually help.
View ArticleBashar al-Assad Had a Great InstaSummer While His People Drowned in the...
As Syrians died en route to Europe this summer, their dictator Instagrammed like all was well back home.
View ArticleCan Attack Helicopters Save U.N. Peacekeeping?
President Obama is leading a new effort to bolster the U.N.’s blue helmets. But are better weapons and tens of thousands of new troops enough to tamp the flames of war?
View ArticleIn the Fall of Kunduz, Echoes of Iraq
Taliban’s seizure of Afghan city could make it impossible for Obama to pull troops out of Afghanistan.
View ArticleWhere Women Are Leading the Peace
A new study shows where — and how — women are at the vanguard of ending conflict. And why their voices make armistices stronger.
View ArticleRussia’s First Strikes in Syria Hit U.S. Ally, Not Islamic State
Moscow says its enemy is ISIS, but the initial phase of its air war in Syria hit American-backed rebels battling Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad.
View ArticleWhat Chekhov Tells Us About Putin’s Syria Airstrikes
Moscow's new war in Syria has the makings of a quagmire. But it'll be bad news for Washington way before that.
View ArticleA grunt’s thoughts on the loss of Kunduz: I used to tell my squad that it was...
As I’m scrolling through my Facebook feed during my Monday morning commute I almost overlook a post from my old Company Commander: “Taliban Fighters Overrun Kunduz City as Afghan Forces Retreat.”
View ArticleGive Peace a Chance
(And why none of the current presidential candidates want to talk about it.)
View ArticleYemen Doesn’t Need the Obama Administration’s ‘Deep Concern’
It needs help ending the war that has led to a humanitarian crisis.
View ArticleInside the MSF Hospital in Kunduz
An exclusive first look at the horrific aftermath of the U.S. attack in northern Afghanistan.
View ArticleRussia’s Reality Trolls and the MH17 War of Misinformation
For over a year, the Kremlin has been throwing a smokescreen around the MH17 shootdown. On Tuesday, it reached the height of absurdity.
View ArticleThe Slow Death of Damascus
The hollowing-out of Syria’s middle class is leaving behind a dangerous vacuum — and forcing Russia and Iran to step in to bolster Assad’s depleted ranks.
View ArticleThey Came to Fight for Ukraine. Now They’re Stuck in No Man’s Land.
When separatists started a war in eastern Ukraine, hundreds of Russians, Belarusians, and other foreigners came to Kiev’s defense. Now they’ve been abandoned.
View ArticleThe Taliban’s Tet Offensive and the Attack on Kunduz
We cannot let Afghanistan suffer the same fate as Vietnam.
View ArticleCan This Man Save Yemen?
Vice President Khaled Bahah is trying to push back the Islamic State and make peace with his Houthi rivals. But progress is hard to come by in war-wracked Yemen these days.
View ArticleWho Are the Real Child Soldiers?
A new film offers a powerful — but stereotypical — image of child soldiers. Here's what it gets wrong.
View ArticleHe’s Back! Iran’s Selfie General Seems To Be in Syria Posing for Pics
New photos allege that Iranian spymaster Qassem Suleimani is back on the ground in Syria.
View ArticleFrance Has Been No Friend to Muslims
And until Paris confronts its deep historical legacy of colonialism and prejudice, violence will continue.
View ArticleBonjour, You Cheese-eating Bomber Monkeys
What ever happened to our soft-as-brie friends in France?
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