Take a break from watching election returns on TV and have a look at what we published today on the site.

The friction over who should be #2 at the State Department hardly inspires confidence after a tough week for the administration’s foreign policy team.

How is it that Russia looped away from the Soviet matrix in the late 1980s, only to recreate so much of it between 1991 and now? The conclusion of a two-part essay. Read part one here.

The U.S. commander in Afghanistan is considering a recommendation to keep troops there past the President’s 2016 withdrawal date. Everyone has Iraq on the brain but the situation in Afghanistan looks different.

Russia, Ukraine, Syria in meltdown… and portable ultrasounds. Here’s everything we published today, in case you missed something that strikes your fancy.

Significant details have been leaked to the New York Times about the military plans to confront ISIS, including prospective dates, troop numbers, and base locations. But the fundamental sectarian issues dividing Iraq remain unresolved.

Russia’s recognition of separatist elections in eastern Ukraine was met with a chorus of impotent grumbles from the West.

Welcome to the new site. We have been doing some renovations. Here is what you need to know.

A recent spate of grave robbery and looting in Jordan highlights the disappearing art and cultural heritage of the Middle East.

As the new site launches, a few words from the business side of the magazine.