As America withdraws from northeastern Syria and Turkey invades, international actors are rapidly adjusting to a new reality. Though initially neutral toward the Turkish move, a deluge of negative…

It is going to be very difficult for the Iraqi regime to amend its relation with the Iraqi people in general, and with the Iraqi Shia in particular. After the blood has been spilled in the streets of…

​ Early Life and Education Giuseppe Conte was born on August 8, 1964 in the small Italian village of Volturara Appula. His father worked in their local municipality, while his…

In a speech onSeptember 6, theU.S.special representative forNorth Korea,Stephen Biegun, warned thatJapanmight respond to the growing nuclear threat fromNorth Koreaby developing nuclear weapons of its…

Massive and sometimes violent protests have rockedHong Kongfor over 100 days. Demonstrators have put forward five demands, of which the most radical is a call for free, direct elections of Hong…

OnNovember 10, 1982, the Soviet leaderLeonid Brezhnevdied. The editors ofPravda, the country’s main newspaper, confronted something of a dilemma. A black frame would surround the front page to…

President Donald Trump surprised friends and adversaries alike this week by announcing that the U.S. would be withdrawing the roughly 2,000 troops deployed in northeastern Syria as part of the…

It feels like we are entering unchartered waters in the Middle East. If there were rules or norms that seemed to limit what actions state would take against their neighbors, those seem to be gone…

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is the favorite to win the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize after she rose to lead a millions-strong youth movement demanding action…

Every day brings more evidence of the United States’ profound political polarization. Partisan intransigence, vitriol, and divisiveness now contaminate most government institutions. What is…