Foreign Policy

Honduras’s Aborted Mission for Political Reform
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 06:27
A deadly combination of drug wars and gang violence have turned Honduras into the most violent country in the world outside a war zone. The institutions responsible for providing public security are largely ineffective and remain mired in corruption.
In Fight Against ISIS, Kurds Turn to Allies on K Street
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 06:19
Lobbyists advocate bypassing Baghdad and shipping arms directly to Peshmerga forces.
‘Enhanced Interrogation’ Could Become a New U.S. Export under Revised Regulations
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 08:04
The State Department’s Directorate for Defense Trade Controls has proposed a rule change that could loosen oversight of private security companies and exacerbate the problems we’ve seen with them.
U.S. Support for Saudi Strikes in Yemen Raises War Crime Concerns
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 07:20
A top American lawmaker says the Obama administration’s military assistance to Riyadh may violate U.S. law.
Report Finds Kurdish Wins Against Islamic State Come at High Cost
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 05:54
After a roadside bomb killed a fighter from one of the Kurdish militias battling the Islamic State this summer, and another was shot and wounded, residents of the town of Hammam al-Turkman were presented with a stark choice.
U.S. Acknowledges Reality and Scraps Failed Syria Training Program
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 06:30
On Capitol Hill, it’s been called “a joke,” a “total failure,” and “a bigger disaster than I could have ever imagined.” And now we have another name for it: dead.
Yemen Doesn’t Need the Obama Administration’s ‘Deep Concern’
Friday, October 9, 2015 - 06:07
The United States has professed its deep concern for the civilians who are dying and struggling to survive amid the fighting, but at the same time the Obama administration has provided military support to a coalition that has been decimating Yemeni cities and choking off the country’s shipping lanes since late March.
South Sudanese Rebel Leader Blasts the U.S. After Cold Shoulder from the White House
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 06:44
Riek Machar signed a peace deal designed to end one of Africa's worst conflicts, but he says U.S. neglect could unravel it.
The Massively Terrible Plan to Give Israel the Massive Ordnance Penetrator
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 06:32
Now that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed in Vienna between Iran and the so-called P5+1 (or E3/EU+3) has survived the period of congressional review, the pointy heads of Beltway wonkdom are turning to the next steps.
Central Asia’s Island of Democracy is Sinking
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:59
Next week’s elections lay bare the failure of Kyrgyzstan’s revolutionary dream.

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