We often recall World War I and the two decades that followed as a grim chapter of history, the prelude to an even costlier and more destructive war from 1939 to 1945. We remember terrible losses—the…

Nearly eight years into Syria's civil war, President Trump’s announcement that he would withdraw U.S. troops from the region had many worried about repercussions, and pushed some to rethink their…

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Iran sent new signals of military boldness this past week, while critics of the regime in the U.S. and Europe worked through their legal systems to pressure the Tehran leadership…

Jair was born on March 21, 1955 to Percy Geraldo Bolsonaro and Olinda Bonturi in Sao Paulo, Brazil where he spent most of his childhood. His great grandparents were Italian immigrants…

Brazil just swore in a new president: Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right congressman and former military officer. Bolsonaro is as much an apparition from Brazil’s past as a harbinger of its future. He has…

Russia’s 2014 annexation ofCrimea, its war in easternUkraine, its interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and other aggressive acts againstthe United Statesand its allies demand a…

The possibility of conflict between the United States and Iran in 2019 warrants heightened focus.Following the withdrawal of the US from the Iran Nuclear Deal last May, Washington unilaterally re…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014 marked a sharp break with the past: the post–Cold War interlude, a time when peace and democracy spread across the globe, was over, and a new, more aggressive era…