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.

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

We’ve left Iraq in a bottle with three scorpions–with no help from us except kind words.

The Shia holy day of Ashura saw the largest and deadliest protests in Iran since the June 2009 elections. These demonstrations showed that dissenters are willing to fight and die for their cause in an unprecedented confrontation in the Islamic Republic.

Here's what success in Iraq looks like: democratic elections, sectarian comity, independence in foreign policy, al Qaeda stymied, cooperating with the United States, and self sufficiency. Iraq didn't look completely like that in early 2011, but it was headed in the right direction.

America's complete withdrawal of its troops from Iraq is a tragic mistake. It jeopardises the gains made by President Bush's (and Tony Blair's) eminently correct 2003 decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein, and risks the broader Middle East falling into chaos.