The protests in Iran, this time in regions long considered politically quiet, reflect slow corrosion of a society consumed by ...

Protest movements succeed when participants believe they are shaping their own future, not when foreign militaries become the ...

Drawing on lived experience from Tiananmen, I have come to believe that 4 concrete conditions determine whether an autocracy ...

From Soviet propaganda to Qatari petrodollars, the long campaign to destabilize the West has relied less on armies and more ...

This article is the first installment in our series, exploring how the powerful empire built by Mahmud Ghazni in Central Asia ...

Erroneously known as the graveyard of empires, Afghanistan in fact served as the battlefield of the world.Long before the name Afghanistan appeared in written record, the region formed one of the ...

Donald Trump’s threats and actions following events in Venezuela heighten tensions across Latin America; Washington is considering a mix of pressure and diplomacy toward Iran amid continuing protests; ...

Amid a near-total communications blackout, witness footage trickling out of Iran paints a picture of how the country’s ...

The demands of Iran’s ethnic minorities differ from many of those in Tehran, and they have reason to fear the return of the ...

Iranians could call abroad on mobile phones for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on ...

Late last week, Iran’s government shut down the country’s internet and unleashed its security forces on protesters. With Iran ...