Weighing the opportunities and limitations of U.S. partnership with armed Iranian Kurdish groups.

The war with Iran is being fought in new domains, from cyberspace to outer space.

The conflict between Pakistan and the Taliban might escalate. It might also be the new normal.

The new Syrian government is consolidating power in the hands of the president while privileging Sunni religious institutions and marginalizing competing centers of authority.

Mexico’s government is successfully taking the fight to the cartels, but Trump is pressing for more.

When cartel leaders are targeted, command structures break down and rivals jockey for influence.

The government is picking favorites amid a split in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.

Where did the unifying leaders of the transnational extremist movement go?

Any new government will have to address the country’s broken military, fragmented politics, and an oil sector vulnerable to corruption.

In its effort to avoid a “hearts and minds” strategy, Israel demonstrated why it matters.

The government’s ban on Tehreek-e-Labbaik reduced blasphemy violence but will take work to maintain.

How emergency powers became the Americas’ new operating system.