Adam Lammon

Washington must reassess where its efforts can make the most positive difference, and where its most vital national interests truly lie.

On Thursday, a drone attack on a U.S. base in northeastern Syria served as the latest reminder that the United States remains at war in Syria and U.S. personnel are at risk. The drone attack, which U.S. intelligence swiftly concluded was of “Iranian origin,” killed one U.S. contractor and wounded six others, including five U.S. […]

Though Saudi Arabia and Iran’s restored diplomatic ties highlight China’s growing influence in the region, the United States retains an indispensable role.

The arrest of a “global terrorist” and financial supporter of Hezbollah in Romania on February 24 exemplifies the lengths the Lebanese militant group will go to insulate itself from U.S. sanctions. According to an indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York, Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi, a fifty-eight-year-old Lebanese and Belgian […]

Editor’s note: In August, The National Interest organized a symposium on Afghanistan one year after the U.S. withdrawal and the Taliban takeover of Kabul. We asked a variety of experts the following question: “How should the Biden administration approach Afghanistan and the Taliban government?” The following article is one of their responses: President Joe Biden […]

While the costs of mitigation and adaptation reforms will be high, the price of inaction is immeasurable.

The fallout from the Russo-Ukrainian war has abruptly exposed the tensions between the United States and its Middle Eastern partners.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ strikes may indicate that Iran is growing more emboldened and willing to directly retaliate with ballistic missiles against its adversaries.

On Sunday, March 13, Iran launched nearly a dozen Fateh-110 ballistic missiles at targets in Erbil, northern Iraq, close to the United States Consulate compound. The attack injured at least two people and caused significant damage to a number of cars and properties, including to the Kurdistan 24 newsroom. It also heightened concerns about additional […]

President Joe Biden’s commitment to supplanting Russian energy production has provoked a flurry of recent diplomacy with several oil-producing nations, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Iran.