Good to Know: U.S. war powers
Does the president or Congress have the power to go to war?
Iraqis voted a year ago but still don’t have a government
Iraq’s democracy depends on consensus — yet parties in the minority in parliament don’t want to take the opposition role
Iraq’s populist leader quit parliament. What happens now?
Rallying anti-establishment protests strengthened Muqtada al-Sadr’s hand in the past. It might not work now.
Condemning Putin will make it harder to end the conflict with Russia
Consider how hard it was to lift sanctions after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait
The Russian invasion has some logistical problems. That doesn’t mean it’s doomed.
Supply problems are the norm, not the exception
Iraqis protest deadly hospital fires as symptom of embedded corruption
Demands for a stable electricity supply also raise the stakes in this fall’s election
U.S. officials are talking about urban warfare. Here’s what urban warfare really involves.
How do you ‘mass and dominate the battlespace’ in a U.S. city?
How coronavirus changes the political outlook in China and the U.S.
Tough talk on China may have consequences.