For the first time in 20 years, Saudi Arabia has named an ambassador to Iraq. For years the Saudis resisted U.S. entreaties to take this step, and the current relationship between these two most important Arab countries in the Gulf has not been warm, so the timing is curious and...

Sanctions will not persuade the Assad regime to surrender power, and talk about an embargo on luxury goods is a cruel joke.

A new book on Iran and U.S.-Iranian relations is long on polemics and short on quality analysis.

The potential for a "hot war" between Islam's rival sects has consequences for Western powers.

The world of realpolitik fears the Shia and wants to postpone the Iraqi elections.

Iraqi Shia see a U.S. betrayal, and frankly, they should.

Cooperating with U.S.-led sanctions against Tehran would bring New Delhi long-term dividends

This paper details the expansion of the Haqqani Network in Pakistan’s tribal areas through peace accords signed between rival Sunni and Shia factions in Kurram Agency, Pakistan.