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Connie Bruck on the Senator’s fight against the agency—and the White House—to expose the torture program.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to speak at a White House event for an international arts award next week. Clinton will speak at the celebration of the 2023 Praemium Imperiale Laureates Sept. 12, the White House said in a press release Wednesday. First lady Jill Biden will also speak at the event. …

Beyond This Harbor: Adventurous Tales of the Heart

The EU’s future role in Syria will be a litmus test of a genuine common foreign and security policy.

One of the lessons of statecraft is that mistakes tend to compound themselves. Good options disappear and bad ones proliferate. The hole is dug deeper because desperation convinces you to contemplate options that would never have been considered in better times. This is what I fear may happen next in Iraq. Because we have so few good options, the Obama administration may think it’s time to start thinking about making a “grand bargain” with Iran over Iraq.

And the U.N. secretary-general warns of nuclear threat.

WASHINGTON - Former journalist and human rights activist Wendy Luers will join students...

An Open Letter to Secretaries Blinken and Austin Regarding Afghan SIVs Signed by 100 Former Foreign Service and Military Officers An Open Letter to Secretaries Blinken and Austin Regarding Afghan SIVs Signed by 100 Former Foreign Service and Military Officers Note: The below letter was sent to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on May 10, 2021. MEIs Senior Vice President Gerald Feierstein, Distinguished Senior Fellow on Nationa...