Luke Coffey oversees research on nations stretching from South America to the Middle East as director of the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read his research.
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There have been recent media reports that up to 7,000 U.S. troops, roughly half of the number of troops there, will be removed from Afghanistan…. Read More
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Anybody in the inner circle of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin who might have cheered President Donald Trump’s victory in 2016 must now be sorely disappointed…. Read More
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On Friday, in his meeting with the Group of Seven countries, President Donald Trump proposed that Russia be able to rejoin the G-7. Russian President… Read More
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With each successful Taliban attack, the inevitable headlines appear about America’s failures in Afghanistan. That’s why, as President Donald Trump reviews his Afghan policy this… Read More
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As the territorial integrity of ISIS’ “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria erodes, the terror group now finds itself looking to its contingent group in Afghanistan,… Read More
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No matter what President Donald Trump does, the Iran deal is likely dead on May 12. That’s the deadline by which the president must decide… Read More
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The Afghan government announced recently that it wants to close the Taliban’s office in Doha, Qatar. The Taliban representative’s presence in Doha dates to 2011,… Read More
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For the past few months, Syrian forces have been trying to take control of Eastern Ghouta, an opposition-controlled city outside the capital of Damascus that… Read More
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The president’s decision to nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo as the next secretary of state is wise and timely. Pompeo grasps the complex nuances of… Read More
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On Feb. 22, three citizens from the Republic of Georgia—a staunch U.S. partner in the South Caucasus—were detained by security forces in Russian-controlled South Ossetia,… Read More
