Editor's Note: As the Islamic State is driven from Mosul, Iraqis and the the country's neighbors are wondering who will take the group's place. The Iraqi government is weak, and Iranian-backed Shi'a mili...

Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared in Markaz. This is part two in a two-part series. The first part can be found here.

In my analysis of the USS Decatur’s freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) near the China-occupied Paracel Islands last month, I wrote that the FONOP “probably” did not follow innocent passage and “most...

Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz.

Philippine vessels access fishing grounds around Scarborough Shoal

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Order from Chaos. *** The noose around Turkish democracy’s neck tightened further on Monday, when the police raided the offices of yet another newspaper—...

Since the United Kingdom’s June 23 referendum, the term “Brexit” has come to stand for much more than just the country’s prospective exit from the European Union.

An Egyptian-American has been in pretrial detention in Egypt for more than 900 days—for helping street children. What is strange about Aya Hijazi's case is that she meets none of the obvious criteria for...

Earlier this week we reassessed China’s compliance with 15 rulings contained in the July 12 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea arbitral award.

I wrote yesterday in Foreign Policy about the coming ICC investigation in Afghanistan. Unless something changes dramatically in the next days and weeks, that investigation will include some allegations a...

There are limited details about the recent U.S. Freedom of Navigation (FON) operation in the South China Sea on October 21, but by any account it surely did not achieve what some had advocated: challengi...

The Yemen War is a Disaster, But Why Would the Houthis Attack Mecca?