Under Obama, the U.S. handed over scores of damning historical documents to allies. But such outreach requires a deft, sensitive hand.

He campaigned with a lot of swagger. But his first nine months in office have been defined by indecision, vacillation, and a reluctance to call shots.

Bernie Sanders's speech at Westminster College was an attempt to break through the calcified ideologies of the national security establishment.

Despite Trump's campaign rhetoric, his hawkish stance increasingly resembles Hillary Clinton's—and it's stirring fears of a major war.

He heaped praise on one of the most repressive regimes in the world and dismissed the democratic aspirations of the Muslim masses.

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Laura Secor's new book traces the embattled history of the Islamic Left in Iran.