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.

The Obama administration and Western governments may embrace democracy for Libya, but rhetoric is not enough. Obama must make a fundamental choice: Which is more important, democracy in the process of reconstituting a new government or democracy as the result?

This latest episode of violence in Yemen is more evidence that the country where the most active al Qaeda franchise has found sanctuary is sliding toward civil war. The unrest has given al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) more freedom to operate within the country in expanded safe havens.

Robert D. Kaplan, veteran correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and author of Balkan Ghosts, was given unprecedented access to journey and live with marines and army special forces--America’s imperial grunts on the ground. Kaplan presents an unforgettable insider’s account not only of our country’s current involvement in world affairs, but...

A review of the most recent National Intelligence Estimate.

Lower expectations regarding Afghanistan would lead to lesser results.

It is increasingly possible that the United States will succeed in helping Afghans achieve political reform and pluralism.

Should businesses boycott or engage with brutal dictatorships?