New rivalries among the Gulf states and beyond are redefining the region.

The NBA, and the world, should take a firmer stance against China's use of economic coercion to try to silence critical international voices.

What will happen to the foreign fighters who traveled to Iraq and Syria to combat the Islamic State?

Finding the grains of truth in the French president's controversial assessment of NATO.

How did the small island nation wind up with one of the highest rates of recruitment for the Islamic State?

Threats new and old, at home and from abroad.

Democrats and Republicans alike should prioritize responding to interference from Beijing, imposing additional sanctions on malign actors, closing financial loopholes, raising standards for technology co...

Editor’s Note: Major powers have never fought over Antarctica, and indeed its peaceful status is a diplomatic success that has lasted decades. David Fishman, a former Brookings intern, argues that this m...

Editor’s Note: Afghanistan is America’s longest war, and recent attempts to negotiate an end with the Taliban appear to have failed, at least for now. Many Americans are asking whether it is worth stayin...

Editor’s Note: Perhaps the biggest counterterrorism challenge facing European states is how to handle their citizens who went to fight in Iraq and Syria and now seek to return. Europe's response has been...

Joshua Rovner’s insightful response to my post on politicization by a loyalist director of national intelligence (DNI) focuses on the issue of public dissent. Rovner and I share many concerns about who P...

Editor's Note: Austin Carson's response can be read here.