The Globalist

How do U.S. troop numbers stack up against ally and rival nations at the start of the Trump Administration?

A close-up examination of whether the US is becoming a banana republic.

Obama opened lines of communications to Iran, but political pressures in Washington prevent a more substantive shift in relations.

Has the attempted cure for 9/11 made the fear more real?

A new form of asymmetric warfare against the world’s biggest military.

Syria is the 14th country in the Muslim world to be invaded, occupied or bombed by U.S. forces.