Foreign Policy
Monday, June 30, 2014 - 07:30
Moscow dispatched jet fighters and military trainers to Iraq to boost the beleaguered government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, highlighting a growing Syrian, Iranian, and now Russian effort to bolster Maliki in his fight against Islamist extremists.
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 08:18
It’s time for NATO to get involved in Syria and Iraq, perhaps even putting limited Special Forces troops on the ground.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 08:28
Obama is redeploying troops to Iraq because his strategy of restraint in Iraq and Syria is failing.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 07:03
Events in Iraq should be a wake-up call to jettison America's current strategy of avoidance. It should be replaced with one that is modest, yet realistic, one that underscores American world leadership, and is sustained by adequate, indeed, robust defense resources.
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 06:27
Top congressional Democrats are backing President Barack Obama's decision to send 300 military advisors back to Iraq
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 07:34
In ordering hundreds of military advisors to Iraq and dramatically ramping up intelligence-gathering on jihadist fighters threatening Baghdad, President Barack Obama sent his strongest signal yet that U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) may be likely.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 08:05
A fuel crisis prompts worries that the old regime is exploiting instability to bring itself back to power.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:28
The Obama administration once paved the way for Nouri al-Maliki to hold on to power despite losing an election. With Iraq engulfed in civil war, is it time for him to go?
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:18
The satisfaction of capturing Khattala should not distract the Obama Administration from reviewing why their larger strategy in Iraq and Syria is failing, and from figuring out what they can do to salvage U.S. national security interests before it is too late.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 08:55
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor will appeal to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday to conduct a "thorough, independent and public inquiry" into allegations -- first disclosed in a Foreign Policy investigation -- that the U.N. systematically covered up crimes against civilians and U.N. peacekeepers in the U.N.-African Union Mission in Darfur, also known as UNAMID.