Destroying institutions like NATO rarely happens in a spectacular blowup. Rather, it happens through a gradual undermining of members’ commitments and values.

Christians should not be overly concerned about Trump meeting Putin, for now at least.

What are America’s objectives with Russia? Most chatter about the Trump-Putin summit focuses on their personalities and Russian attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election. We at Providence, as Christian “realists” and Americans, prefer to identify strategic goals that enhance American security and global equilibrium.

Before the World Cup even began, soccer had become political and Russia was at the center of it.

Despite tensions between Ankara and Washington, saving Turkey as an ally is worth it.

Trump has a better chance of averting a trade war with China than with the G7.

Madeleine Albright’s Fascism: A Warning is both cynical and shallow.

Syria—with five million refugees, 500,000 dead, the Pandora’s box of chemical warfare reopened, a cesspool of terror groups, and Russians and Americans, Israelis and Iranians shooting at each other—is the very definition of chaos.

If Assad is permitted to continue employing chemical weapons with impunity, he will successfully normalize them. US forces, our allies, and civilians in the region and around the world will be in great danger of becoming victims of the same.