NEW DELHI- On September 17th, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan took the world by surprise when they announced their Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement. The much-talked-about agreement formalizes the ...

Why does the postwar order appear less like a settled architecture and more like an ongoing negotiation among diverse actors, interests, and ideas? How does the ongoing Iran war point to a deeper ...

Frederic Lemieux does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

MIKA and WARSAW, Poland — The hike to the site of what local authorities believe to be Russia's latest act of rail sabotage on Polish soil leads police officer Piotr Pokorski trudging through a couple ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Review & Outlook: European leaders including NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the U.K.’s Chief of Defense Staff Richard Knighton are urging voters to make ...

Amid doubts over President Trump’s commitment to the alliance, an administration official told a NATO gathering that the U.S. is pulling back, but not abandoning European security. By Steven Erlanger ...

European countries will take over all three of NATO's commands in charge of planning and executing the alliance's military operations after sustained pressure from the U.S. to shift more ...

Government bureaucracies change very slowly. There is a tendency among governments — call it bureaucratic inertia — to keep doing what you have been doing for decades, even in the face of changed ...

U.S. allies are not emerging from the past weeks with greater confidence in their long-standing ties to Washington, nor is Beijing emerging with new trepidation about its own position. If anything, ...