The looming Eurasian menace
Hal Brands is a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, a senior fellow at the ...
Don’t Underestimate the Enduring Power of ISIS
The terrorist attack in New Orleans serves as a grim reminder that the group is still able to transform personal crises into ...
It’s September 2026, and the Pentagon Is Alarmed
It’s September 2026, and the Pentagon is alarmed. Its spy satellites have detected a rapid, large-scale buildup of Chinese ...
Conflict between Turkey and Kurdish groups rises around key dam in northern Syria
A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups ...
Afghanistan faces a complex set of challenges in 2025 — here’s what you need to know
Challenges for Afghanistan in 2025 include continuing human rights violations, economic instability and food insecurity; ...
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Will the Shake-up in Syria Undermine the Fight Against ISIS?
The United States appears intent on keeping its counterterrorism alliance with the Kurds in post-Assad Syria despite the ...
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Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek Prime Ministers Meet at Trilateral Junction
The meeting heralded the significant progress made in the last year on the three countries’ once-tense borders.
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Tajikistan and the Russian Scheme to Pay Taliban to Target Americans in Afghanistan
The GRU spent tens of millions of dollars funding terrorist groups in Afghanistan to target U.S. and NATO forces, and routed ...