List of U.S. Foreign Policy articles
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An illustration shows a hand representing the executive branch in a tug of war with Congress, represented by the U.S. Capitol building on a cliff with the balance of power tipped toward the president. How Congress Can Reclaim Its Role in U.S. Foreign Policy
In the constitutional tug-of-war, why has the legislative branch let go of the rope?
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams participates in the annual Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 25. America’s Adversaries Are Targeting Its Cities and States
A spy scandal in New York is a window into a far bigger problem.
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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses parliament during a session to approve his new cabinet appointments in Tehran on August 21, 2024. Iran’s New Outreach to the West Is Risky
Masoud Pezeshkian says he wants to rekindle the nuclear deal. The ball is now in the West’s court.
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A Cameroonian policeman and a gendarme aim their weapons while securing the perimeter of a polling station in southwestern Cameroon on Oct 7, 2018. Rule-of-Law Promotion Should Amount to More Than a Rounding Error
If the United States wants to deter political violence abroad, an ounce of prevention will be worth a pound of cure.
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A soldier uses an umbrella to shield himself from the rain as he walks past the front wheels of a B-52H strategic bomber parked at a South Korean Air Force base at Cheongju International Airport on Oct. 19, 2023. South Korea Goes Nuclear. Then What?
Five questions to ask before welcoming Seoul to the nuclear weapons club.
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Taliban security personnel stand guard as an Afghan burqa-clad woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province on Feb, 26, 2024. The Taliban’s Misogyny Finally Needs a U.S. Response
Studied silence isn’t a sustainable policy anymore.
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Paul Nitze, an elderly man with white hair wearing a black suit, sits at a microphone at a desk. A few people are visible seated behind him. The Return of Paul Nitze—and His Dangers
For better and worse, one of America’s important grand strategists was singularly focused on military strength.
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Luis Almagro, the secretary-general of the Organization of American States, attends a meeting in Guatemala City on Sept. 11, 2023. Gaza Is Causing Diplomatic Rifts in the Western Hemisphere
The Organization of American States’ pro-Israel stance may erode its legitimacy in the region.
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United States President Donald Trump sits at a table in a dark suit and red tie to the right of National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster. The Harris-Trump Debate Taught Us Very Little About U.S. Plans for the World
H. R. McMaster, a former national security advisor, opens up on the global issues he wished the candidates would discuss.
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Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks to reporters outside of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on July 1, 2021. Germany Isn’t Nearly as Important as the U.S. Thinks
Republicans and Democrats have mistakenly put Germany at the center of the trans-Atlantic relationship.
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023. Biden’s ‘Escalation Management’ in Ukraine Makes the West Less Safe
Washington should abandon a failed approach to Moscow that does not learn or self-adjust.
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former U.S. President Donald Trump are seen on a screen as they participate in a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10. Top Foreign-Policy Moments From the Harris-Trump Debate
Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, and tariffs dominated the foreign-policy sections of the high-stakes showdown.
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A handout photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and then-U.S. President Donald Trump inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the South and North Korea on June 30, 2019. Why the World Should Stop Worrying About a Second Trump Term
The former president was less isolationist and more of a diplomatic success than most observers admit.
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U.S. Army soldiers stand next to a U.S. flag as they take part in a NATO military exercise at the Novo Selo military ground, Bulgaria, on Sept. 26, 2023. U.S. Strategy Should Be Europe First, Then Asia
Without a secure Europe, the United States risks becoming a hemispheric potentate on the margins of the world.
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U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 26. Is America’s China Policy Too Hawkish?
Not so, argues the White House’s ambassador in Beijing, Nicholas Burns.
