For decades, fears of energy scarcity drove American energy diplomacy. The dependence of the global economy on oil, and America’s need to…
President Donald Trump’s advisers are at pains to emphasize that Friday’s speech on Iran policy was an effort to lay out a comprehensive…
On December 11, 2016, just before my time as Secretary of Defense would end, I stepped off a C-130 transport plane onto a cold and dusty…
More than 90 percent of Iraq's Kurds voted to declare independence last week, bringing tensions to an even higher boil across the Middle…
The latest big news out of the Middle East is that Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ousted the crown prince and…
President Donald Trump feels his recent trip to the Middle East was a great success, and the actions by Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies to…
Professor Linda Bilmes discusses funding for post-9/11 wars.
In contrast to the fireworks at some recent OPEC meetings, this week’s gathering in Vienna looks comparatively dull. Before it even began,…
President Donald Trump prides himself on being unpredictable and, thus, no one knows what to expect of his first trip abroad. But when it…