List of U.S. Foreign Policy articles
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Donald Trump holds a baseball bat while participating in a Made in America event with companies from 50 states featuring their products in the Blue Room of the White House July 17, 2017 in Washington. Trump Can’t Bully the Entire World
Loudly making threats doesn’t amount to a foreign policy.
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Then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter listens to a question in 1977. Jimmy Carter Was the True Change Agent of the Cold War
There’s a reason the 39th president is still revered by former Soviet dissidents.
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter tours an East Jerusalem neighborhood in 2010. Jimmy Carter Was a Foreign-Policy Visionary
The 39th U.S. president is often remembered for a failed rescue mission in the Iranian desert, but his legacy is much larger than that.
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Anti-government protesters face police during mass demonstrations in central Tbilisi, Georgia, on Dec. 7. Georgia Shows Why U.S. Policy in Eurasia Is Dangerously Outdated
Unlike Washington, both China and Russia have developed continental designs for Eurasia.
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Portraits of Bashar al-Assad and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stand as Palestinians sit at the entrance of the Yarmuk camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus, during a delivery of humanitarian aid provided by Iran as part of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on March 26, 2024. Iran’s 3 Possible Post-Assad Paths
The differences between them are huge—and the United States can affect Tehran’s calculations.
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President Joe Biden shakes hands with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on November 13, 2024 in Washington. Trump + Biden = 1 Good Syria Policy
For a sensible Middle East strategy, Washington needs to combine the views of the current U.S. president and the president-elect.
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Effigies of Yoon and Trump are wrapped onto the back of a Trump during a protest. A woman in a mask poses in front of them, making the peace sign. Would Trump Have Responded Differently to Seoul’s Crisis?
A thought experiment that may shed light on the U.S. president-elect’s second term.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy poses for a photo before a meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during the European Political Community summit at the Palacio de Congreso on October 5, 2023 in Granada, Spain. Start by Keeping Ukraine Out of Ceasefire Talks
The Trump administration needs to engage Moscow and avoid, at first, involving Kyiv.
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An American flag is seen in the foreground as a man and child walk down a street in front of a Cuban flag hanging on a blue building. Why Are Cuba and the U.S. Still Mired in the Cold War?
How a historic reconciliation deal unraveled.
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A Russian ruble coin is pictured in front of St. Basil's cathedral in central Moscow, on April 28, 2022. Seize Russia’s Assets Before Trump Takes Office
Biden still has the authority to fund Ukraine using Russia’s money.
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Tulsi Gabbard in a red suit jacket sits on a small blue couch with her hands clasped on her knee. Behind her are golden circular wall hangings with words in a foreign text on them. A small table with a lamp is on one side, on another an ottoman with a plant atop it. The Transformation of Tulsi Gabbard
Her political journey from progressive darling to MAGA champion.
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At the behest of U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (center) sings Don McLean's "American Pie" during a state dinner at the White House in Washington on April 26, 2023. How South Korea’s Aspiring Autocrat Became a D.C. Darling
Wonks loved Yoon Suk-yeol’s foreign policy—and ignored his problems at home.
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A tattered blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag is seen along a snow-covered road beneath a pale cloudy sky. Bare trees line the road. The Price of a Bad Peace
The West is tired. Putin is not.
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A protester dressed as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and another dressed as U.S. President Donald Trump demonstrate outside the White House on Oct. 19, 2018, in the wake of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Why the Gulf States Might Feature Prominently in Trump’s Foreign Policy
One likely goal: expanding the Abraham Accords.
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U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 26. Biden’s Complicated Ukraine Legacy
A vital but halting supply of military aid has opened up the U.S. president to criticism from all sides.
