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Members of the Pakistan's Naval force march during a ceremony to celebrate the country's 71st Independence Day at the mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi, Pakistan August 14, 2018. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

What Pakistan Will Gain from Peace in Afghanistan

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A U.S. Marine from 2nd platoon, F company, 5th batalion, 10th Marines, meets an Afghan villager during a patrol in southern Afghanistan June 28, 2009. After five years coping with the most dangerous province in Iraq, the U.S. Marines have been given their

The Iraq Exit Strategy Will Not Work in Afghanistan

The Case for Leaving Syria

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The United States Should Leave Yemen, Not Broker Peace

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Like it or Not, Regime Change is Coming to Iran

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This Economic Trick Will Stabilize Syria

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Forty-Five Years After the 1973 War, Israel Faces Another Year of Decision

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The International System Was Never Built to Stop Assad

FILE PHOTO: A display featuring missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran September 27, 2017. Picture taken September 27, 2017. Nazanin Tabatabaee Yazdi/TIMA via REUTERS ATTENTION

Iran's Missiles Are a Clear Threat. Here's How America's Allies Are Responding.

What Is the 1955 Treaty of Amity with Iran?

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan sits during an interview with Reuters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. Picture taken September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Can Erdogan's New Powers Help Fix Turkey's Economy?

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin after a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, December 11, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Turkey Must Choose the Tough Option and Leave Syria

A man sits near a poster of Syrian President Bashar al Assad during the re-opening of the road between Homs and Hama in Talbisi, Syria June 6, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Syria Is a Lost Cause and America Must Move On

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America Is Quietly Expanding Its War in Tunisia

A boy flies his kite decorated with the Jordanian national flag during an event celebrating spring at the Citadel in Amman, Jordan, April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Overfunded and Under Governed: Why Jordan's Economy Is Struggling

A picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is displayed on a damaged structure at the entrance of al-Dukhaneya neighbourhood near Damascus, as civilians carry their belongings recovered from their homes after soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar

Assad Has Won and America Must Go