The new leader of al-Qaeda's Yemen-based franchise inherits a weakened organization.

Militants are manufacturing their own firearms to evade detection by law enforcement.

The United States just made two different deals with the Taliban and the Afghan government. Can they be reconciled?

If the United States wants to make progress on China's human rights violations, it needs to take China's security concerns seriously.

The president's choice of acting director may be sending a message to the intelligence community.

China and the Arab Gulf states are becoming increasingly engaged in bilateral development projects and are shifting their goals away from good governance.

The new president of the European Commission can help guide European policy in the right direction.

Botched terrorist attacks aren't failures for terrorist groups. They're a learning process.

When the secretary of state says "deterrence," it seems like he means something else.

The strike on Qassem Soleimani will weaken an international ban that has been an advantage to powerful states like the United States.

Law-enforcement and counterterrorism agencies need to recognize a real and growing threat.

The administration's decision-making process seems as broken today as when the president entered office.