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Is Ayman al-Zawahiri Dead?

In November 2020, reports emerged on social media and in the Pakistani press that al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri had recently died of natural...

Cole Bunzel

On January 12, during an event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered an address...

Image credit: istockFeaturedvia Foreign AffairsWhat a Prisoner Exchange Reveals About an Unlikely Relationship

Image credit: istockBlank Section (Placeholder)via The Caravan NotebookOn September 12, 2020, the Taliban and the Afghan government began...

Introductionvia The CaravanThe publication of Crosswinds: The Way of Saudi Arabia has been a long time coming. Fouad Ajami’s intimate portrait...