Lawrence J. Haas

These talks are just the latest phase of the decades-long, and to date utterly unsuccessful, U.S. effort to change Tehran's deadly and destructive behavior in the region and beyond.

Engaged in high-stakes political drama, Washington's playmakers can't forget that the world watches their every move.

With his "zero COVID" policy spurring China's largest anti-government protests in more than three decades, Xi Jinping now faces the challenge of maintaining his legitimacy not just at home but abroad.

As talks resume over reviving the 2015 global nuclear agreement with Iran, the United States needs to alter the dynamics of its relationship with Tehran.

With Iran's entry into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and growing military ties with China, will Beijing feel more inclined to come to Iran's defense?

Were the protests to topple the regime, the benefits could prove transformative within and beyond Cuba.

The teenage boys of Gaza, some of whom are still in junior high, are learning how to shoot guns and launch anti-tank missiles.

Joe Biden wants to restore a U.S. approach to the region that relies on increasingly out-of-date assumptions.

The council's coming membership changes provide a timely backdrop for a possible change in direction from Washington.

The U.S. cannot remain silent while two of its arch-foes openly ally with one another.

The new movement to remove all homages to troubled leaders fails to account for the complexity of human nature.