Foreign Policy
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:20
The MEK has also enlisted prominent retired officials to tout its cause in public speeches and private meetings at the State Department and on Capitol Hill.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 08:56
Those security gains have vanished, however, and Washington now faces the real possibility that many of the American deaths will prove to have been in vain.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 08:54
As we discovered in the run-up to the surge of 2007, a singular focus on counterterrorist operations will most likely fail to stem the violence gripping Iraq.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:10
Despite those concerns, lawmakers expressed a willingness to give the administration's diplomatic efforts a chance.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 11:51
But according to several senior State Department officials, some of Kerry's top advisors believe that the conference should be called off because the most important of those opposition leaders are unlikely to come.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 08:36
The legislation that imposed tough sanctions on Iran's central bank gives Obama a "national security waiver" he can use to temporarily soften or lift the measures.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 08:35
With the Iranian economy in free fall, Steinitz said the sanctions should be kept in place, or even strengthened, until Iran agreed to fully dismantle its nuclear weapons program.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 08:33
But whether a lingering U.S. presence could've benefited Iraq's security situation is subject to debate.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:13
On Friday, its chief nuclear negotiator Wendy Sherman won over a key Iran hawk, Rep. Eliot Engel, during a round of calls to the Hill.
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 07:51
The United Nations recently uncovered a "credible" plot by the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab to mount a major terrorist attack against the U.N. compound in Mogadishu, according to senior U.N. officials briefed on the plan. It's another sign that the militant outfit, once thought to be all but expired, has once again become a major force for terror in East Africa.