NATO

Critics argue that China’s failure to contribute troops to Iraq and Afghanistan mean it’s reaping the economic rewards without the security pain. It’s not so simple.

The recent uptick in Taliban attacks in Afghanistan is a reminder of the uphill struggle foreign forces face there.

Calls to coerce Pakistan into cooperating in Afghanistan by stopping aid miss the point. Pakistan holds the cards now.

A flare-up in Bahrain could spark a regional conflict between Sunnis and Shias. If it did, the US would be left with the question of how to handle China.

In Afghanistan, NATO is trying to combat the group’s ‘night letter’ scare tactics with a counter strategy of its own.

China and Russia were both worried about Western military action in Libya. So why didn’t they veto it when they had the chance?

Arab world unrest shouldn’t distract from the looming abyss of the Afghan War. The US should welcome a Turkish move to engage the Taliban.

Despite the Obama administration’s claims of success, Afghanistan is in a guerrilla war that might be too expensive for the country to win, argues Juan Cole in our feature interview.

The best chance for success would be for Obama to call a ceasefire, followed by all-inclusive talks. Political concerns mean he won’t.

Nine years after the first post-Taliban UN talks on Afghanistan were concluded in Bonn, one border province is still left oddly isolated.

NATO has rightly resisted the temptation to press for a bigger global security role. Asian governments will likely be relieved.

The timing of Gen. Petraeus’s good news on Afghanistan is strangely convenient for Washington—and glosses over the reality of a likely civil war.