Many Russia observers focus on the post-Soviet state's grip on society but often miss itspopular foundation—and how elements of Russian society enabled Putin's rise. As long as Putin remains in power, changing Russia from the outside will be…

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In mid-November 2019, The New York Times published more than 400 pages of leaked internal documents from the authorities in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, a province in northwestern China. At least one million people, but perhaps twice that…

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In December 2019, just two months after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew most U.S. forces from Syria, I crossed into the country from Iraq for my seventh visit since August 2017. A Turkish offensive against the Kurds had upended northeastern…

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After 49 years under Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Oman has a new ruler. The Arab world's longest-serving leader died on January 10, ending nearly five decades of transformational rule during which he remade his war-torn nation into an oasis of stability…

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In my three and a half decades as a U.S. Foreign Service officer, proudly serving five presidents and ten secretaries of state from both parties, I've never seen an attack on diplomacy as damaging, to both the State Department as an institution and…

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