Christopher R. Hill

Connecting the strategic dots between Afghanistan, Syria, and North Korea has become an unavoidable task. Only by doing so can the world begin to discern something resembling a coherent, if misguided, approach to US foreign policy by President Donald Trump’s administration

We are only in the third month of Donald Trump’s presidency, but many Americans have already tired of the drama, and are wondering what the next 46 months have in store

The end of the fighting in Aleppo will not end the Syrian war, despite the countrywide ceasefire that has just been agreed

US President Donald Trump’s administration, like many before it, has had a rocky start; but the most pressing challenges are yet to come. Among them will be North Korea, whose leader, Kim Jong-un, used his New Year’s Day address to announce that his country has built – and is prepared to test – an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads