Elizabeth Saunders and Kian Tajbakhsh discuss President Trump’s decision to attack Iran, assessing the value of weakening an anti-American regime versus the risk of starting another conflict in the Middle East.

Um, what?

The 2000s called, they want their excuse to start a war back.

Pete Hegseth bragged about brushing aside the rules of engagement.

The former vice president, who said he had no regrets about the Iraq War or the CIA’s horrific torture program, has passed away.

A resurfaced video from Miller’s teen years shows he has always espoused horrific views.

Iran has fired missiles toward U.S. bases in Qatar and Iraq.

The eerie echoes of Iraq and 2003 are numerous. But there are some key differences—and they make going into Iran an even greater act of folly.

The notice comes amid a heightened risk of war in the region—as Trump seems unable to rein in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Amid the fury over Trump’s deportations to El Salvador, the administration just deported someone to Rwanda. And no, he’s not from there.

Donald Trump continues his disastrous push to shrink America’s global footprint.

Donald Trump’s strongman image is a plus for many voters.

His “Clash of Civilizations” essay in Foreign Affairs turned 30 this year. It was provocative, influential, manna for the modern right—and completely and utterly not true.

While neoconservative foreign policy has crumbled, the pro-life project has succeeded—against long odds.

I was one of the few TNR staffers in 2003 who opposed the invasion. The magazine’s case for war has not aged well.

In the public relations parade that led to war, it was impossible to insert any observations that humanized Iraqis. It haunts me still.

Lawmakers are poised to rescind the blank-check authorizations to use military force that the executive branch was handed decades ago.

Should taking up arms for the United States protect one from being kicked out of it? The House just said yes. Now it’s up to the Senate.

The former president’s recent Ukraine-or-Iraq invasion gaffe was a high-test dose of accidental honesty—and painful nostalgia.

Trump and allies like J.D. Vance and Tucker Carlson may have overestimated the appeal of the former president’s isolationism.