It turns out, Iran doesn’t seem to be all that interested in promoting a stable order in the Middle East in cooperation with the United States.

In Sweden, Austria, and the Netherlands, the far right has made strides.

Our cultural fascination with the Tudors continues, as Donizetti’s Anna Bolena takes the stage at the Met.

Saudi sectarian warfare watch continues as a prominent Saudi religious authority ceremonially fired artillery into Yemen.

If true, an Iranian ban on further talks with the U.S. would suggest that despite the nuclear deal, there’s no new relationship with Iran in sight.

An important series of negotiations has begun that could determine the future of the immigration crisis.

If ISIS becomes a third player in the Yemeni war, that involvement will complicate even further what’s already starting to look like a quagmire for the Saudis.

Russia’s aggressive attitude toward its involvement in Syria creates a problem with Turkey—deliberately?

In the Obama Era, the military has chosen brass-polishing over getting the mission done.

In the wake of the Iran Deal, Saudi Arabia appears to be working to get all the Sunnis on the same side.