We first published on September 1, 2005 amidst the crisis triggered by the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and the controversy over the subsequent war it provoked. We face another such watershed today.

Tehran’s strategizing pays off again, as several of its clients strike a deal that undermines Kurdish hopes of independence.

Austria may yet prove to be a template for how politics will increasingly work across Europe.

Moscow’s apparent inaction in the recent German elections hides a sophisticated effort to target the Russian diaspora.

The Trump Administration should use the Magnitsky Act to punish human rights abuses and corruption in Azerbaijan.

Four key currents are reshaping and redefining the European project, whether Europe’s leaders like it or not.

Thelonious Monk was a bebop pioneer who swiftly left that medium behind for a style of music entirely his own making.

Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue of Equitorial Guinea is not only facing the prospect of forfeiting his ill-gotten wealth. He may also be looking at a prison term.

Erdoğan’s latest contretemps with the United States could end up doing irreparable harm to the U.S.-Turkish relationship.

The President’s speech to the UN General Assembly last month contained the beginnings of a good idea for U.S. foreign policy. Now let’s see if he runs with it.