Instability from Latin America to the Middle East risks spreading as conflicts, proxies, and shifting alliances shape 2026.

Following U.S. airstrikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran on Saturday night, the Islamic Republic is weighing its response, which, among other options, could include targeting American assets in ...

Most Americans are unaware that today’s Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats (Sykes and Picot) after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and ...

President Donald Trump’s proposal last week to end the war in Gaza displayed the competing tensions in American Middle East policy. Trump campaigned for re-election on the platform of “America First,” ...

The geopolitical landscape is shifting beneath our feet as the United States recalibrates its global strategy. This strategic pivot carries profound implications not just for conventional U.S.

American involvement in the Middle East is not ending, but it is changing. Many Americans, including many policymakers and pundits, want the United States to have less involvement in the region. But ...

Russia’s war in Ukraine and Iran’s conflict with Israel have backfired, weakening America’s adversaries and strengthening deterrence, sending a signal to China and bolstering US global credibility. As ...

As the war in Ukraine drags on and tensions with China rise, Washington remains fixated on the Middle East – an ongoing quagmire that has absorbed disproportionate U.S. resources for decades. Despite ...

As another carrier strike group steams to the Middle East and F-35 squadrons position themselves in the region with tankers, the American people should think hard about whether President Donald Trump ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump greets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025 at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... President Donald Trump promised a new beginning in foreign policy. In Europe he has taken an independent course, pushing Russia and Ukraine ...

The Middle East is no longer the epicenter of American foreign policy — and that’s a good thing. A new regional balance of power is taking shape, driven not by American diplomacy or intervention, but ...