Ameer Al-Auqaili - Foreign Policy In Focus

November 26, 2025 | Sheikh Hasina, Saddam Hussein, and Donald Trump all faced system change. They also have faced different outcomes.

November 3, 2025 | The ballot box in Iraq, once a symbol of peace, has become just another way to reload.

September 4, 2025 | The U.S. withdrawal isn’t really a withdrawal.

August 14, 2025 | Nayib Bukele is using populism to bury democracy in El Salvador. He's not the only leader to do so.

August 7, 2025 | The "Axis of Upheaval" is widely misunderstood.

July 24, 2025 | A Nobel laureate is running Bangladesh. However, this isn’t democracy, it’s elite survival masquerading as reform.

July 10, 2025 | A security-first approach ultimately leads to greater insecurity.

July 8, 2025 | Real peace requires addressing underlying injuries.

March 25, 2025 | Armed groups are forming alliances with extraction industries, logistics companies, and private military contractors.

March 4, 2025 | Abdullah Öcalan has called for the Kurdistan Workers' Party to put down their weapons. What will this mean for Iraq?