Current trends point to continued expansion of al Qaeda affiliates and their capabilities, and it is difficult to see how current or proposed American and international policies are likely to contain that expansion, let alone reduce it to 2009 levels or below.

Even the president’s most ardent supporters are beginning to wonder whether the Obama retreat from the Middle East has gone too far. The Obama aministration has weakened out position in the region​—​no better liked, no longer feared, regarded as an increasingly inconstant ally or as an enemy prone to blink. 

It would be rash to draw too many conclusions from a fight over Qusayr, Syria,  a town of just 30,000 residents, but the specter that looms is nothing less than the near-complete collapse of the U.S. position in the Middle East.

Intelligence politicization has a long history. For almost 50 years, politicians who were overly invested in diplomacy have twisted intelligence to protect their outreach and avoid recognizing that adversaries mean the United States harm.

On Thursday the George W. Bush Presidential Center will be dedicated at Southern Methodist University in Texas. It's a good time to look back on the performance of the 43rd president, who has been almost entirely missing from the public stage these past four years.

It may be a long time before we really know the outcome of the Iraq war.

Is the Iraq War to blame for the mess we are in?

Are Republicans no longer the party more inclined to military interventions and an assertive foreign policy?