With the White House focused on settling the Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars, ISIS threatens to challenge Trump's attempts to extract the U.S. from open-ended conflicts in the region.

Rwanda’s invasion of the DRC prompted both the First and Second Congo Wars (1996-1997 and 1998-2003), as Kigali claimed to be pursuing Hutu genocidaires who had fled across the border.

China has rapidly established itself as the world’s dominant shipbuilding power, marginalizing the United States and its allies in a strategically important industry. In addition to building massive ...