At the end of August, Israel resumed active attacks on the positions of the Shiite Hezbollah movement. The reason was attempts to attack Israeli soldiers with FPV drones in southern Lebanon. Among the victims of the Israeli army’s strike were civilians, which, in turn, again called into question the progress …

Washington is changing some of its most reliable military partnerships in the Middle East because it believes states, markets, and diplomacy can deliver what American troops and Kurdish proxies increasingly cannot. The End of the Post-ISIS* BargainThe juxtaposition could hardly be more striking. On August 24, the United States removed …

For decades, Washington has justified its military presence in the Middle East as necessary to protect global energy security. American naval forces would safeguard shipping, military partnerships would deter attacks on oil-producing states, and sanctions would restrain governments regarded as threats to the US-led regional order. The promise was simple: …