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There are real threats emanating from Afghanistan, but are they severe enough to warrant indefinite deployments?
The Turkish offensive in northern Syria may force European countries to finally decide what to do about its citizens who fought for the Islamic State.
Intelligence officials must dissent when policy diverges from facts.
Intelligence officials speaking out against administration policies would politicize their role
India wants to balance Afghanistan's turbulent relationship with Pakistan amid talks with the Taliban and a possible U.S. withdrawal.
Three reasons to worry about who Trump might pick to succeed Dan Coats and Joseph Maguire.
The tenuous truce between the country's leaders, each representing a different ethnic faction, is faltering as election season nears.
Why has Jordan been more welcoming to Syrian refugees than the conflict's other neighbors?
The terrorist group's goals haven't changed, and it now appears poised to take advantage of a more permissive strategic environment.
A hardline approach will fuel rather than defuse a burgeoning Islamist insurgency.