MICHAEL MCFAUL is Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute, Professor of Political Science, and a Hoover Fellow at Stanford ...

Washington is fixated on the twists and turns of a widening political crisis as MAGA world revolts over the Trump ...

As the region wakes to fresh developments, tensions, diplomacy and resilience define the headlines. From shifting alliances ...

Israel’s leadership views its 12-day war with Iran last month as a success – several Iranian military leaders were killed, Iran’s defensive military capabilities were weakened, and the United States ...

The recent sectarian violence shows that the Syrian government and its Turkish backers share a dangerous vision of a ...

Barrack says goal of Paris meeting was 'de-escalation, and we accomplished precisely that'; Dermer said to represent Israel ...

Examining how Israel’s nuclear program came to be shrouded in secrecy, and what strategic ambiguity means in the present geopolitical context.

"They cried, they hugged, and then they went back to opposite sides of the fence, in enemy states," recalled a soldier who ...

More than 100 charity and human rights groups say Israel’s blockade and ongoing military offensive are pushing Palestinians ...

Syria has been beset with another round of deadly sectarian clashes, with hundreds reportedly killed last week, drawing renewed international involvement. Israel says its airstrikes in southern Syria ...

In the wake of Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent Israeli military campaign in Gaza and beyond, the Middle East is undergoing a profound ...

Supporters of Israel’s aggressive strategy may argue that assertiveness will save Israel from fighting costly wars in the ...