I’ve told the story of how Pakistan and Saudi Arabia used what remained of the Taliban and Mujahidin to convince the United States it should restructure the Middle East, but I have not yet ...

U.S. warplanes struck Iran’s nuclear sites in a dramatic escalation—just the latest in a long, bloody pattern. From proxy ...

It has been seen earlier how the US is suspicious of governments in both Iran and Afghanistan. In both cases, there have been ...

In hindsight, it didn’t work. Our longest war. Thousands of US military, and many allies, along with thousands of contractors, were killed. A disastrous withdrawal from the conflict, and in weeks, the ...

Perhaps the most egregious symbol of this diluted sovereignty is Noor Khan Air Base — a base nominally in Pakistani hands but ...

In the 80 years since World War 2, the United States has seldom been without a military footprint on foreign soil.

As the US’s involvement in the Israel-Iran war has escalated tensions, the international discourse has shifted from the ...

The conflict with Iran is the latest in a decadeslong series of regime change operations, long-term entanglements, and ...

Most members of President Donald Trump’s administration have tried to stay on message: Strikes against Iran’s nuclear ...

Jared Mokowitz, the Democratic member representing Florida, in the US House of Representatives moved a resolution (H.Res. 105 ...

A secret coup. A nuclear standoff. Decades of shadow wars. Now, the United States has entered the battlefield, bombing ...

It is the Taliban’s second stint, they last ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001. Though initially they were supported by the CIA and ISI against the Soviets, later the US toppled the Taliban’s government ...