Drought conditions are driving water conflicts throughout Tunisia, further destabilizing the fragile outpost of democracy in the MENA region.

Do recent shifts in Turkey-US relations vindicate Samuel Huntington’s controversial thesis of a clash of civilizations?

Different core interests are keeping Iran and Russia from seeing eye-to-eye on Assad’s fate after the Syrian civil war.

Tensions spike in Kashmir, Putin’s United Russia cruises to a big win in parliamentary elections, and the Syria ceasefire deal goes on life support.

Turkey’s entrance into the conflict brings an incendiary new dynamic on the battlefield – and diplomatic headaches for Washington.

The United States aims to press the advantage in Syria before any Russia-Turkey reboot takes hold.

Egypt is the next front in Russia's push to regain its traditional great power status.

A key security summit in the U.S., David Cameron’s cabinet in revolt, and Syria’s Kurds quietly assemble a state.

Great power plans to break up states in the name of ‘peace’ don’t always work. Just look at India and Pakistan.

In a surprising turn of events, Russia is pulling most of its military out of Syria.