Has the GOP learned anything from the Iraq debacle? Gene Healy revisits and dismantles the original case for invading Iraq.

When Americans occupied Beijing. Franz-Stefan Gady recalls the short, ugly history of the occupation of Beijing following the intervention against the Boxer Rebellion.

Remembering Charles Kennedy. Danny Alexander remembers the late former leader of the Liberal Democrats.

South Sudan’s horrific civil war. Nathaniel Ross Kelly reports on the new country’s slide into an atrocious civil war.

U.S. support for the war on Yemen is backfiring. Derek Davison counts the costs of the Saudi-led, U.S.-backed intervention in Yemen.

Odessa appointment raises questions about Poroshenko’s judgment. Tony Barber comments on the odd decision to make former Georgian president Saakashvili the governor of Odessa.