List of U.S. Foreign Policy articles
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A U.S. military convoy takes part in a joint patrol with Turkish troops near the Syrian town of Tell Abyad along the border with Turkey, on Sept. 8, 2019. America Is Planning to Withdraw From Syria—and Create a Disaster
The Islamic State has regained its momentum, and the Biden administration might inadvertently give it another boost.
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Biden scratches his eye in front of a U.S. flag. America’s Strategy of Ambiguity Is Ending Now
The United States has expanded its security commitments around the world—and the bill is coming due.
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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at the Rochester Opera House on January 21, 2024 in Rochester, New Hampshire. Another Trump Presidency Won’t Much Change U.S. Foreign Policy
The world’s fears are mostly exaggerated.
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A protester sits cross-legged on the ground, wearing a keffiyeh, and flashes the victory sign. A fire rages behind the security gate of the U.S. embassy behind him. A person is seen behind him in the distance leaning over. U.S. Middle East Policy Has Failed
The region is on fire, and Washington is to blame.
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U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Marine One in New York City. Biden Thought 2023 Was Bad
The U.S. president’s challenges this year won’t stop at the waterfront.
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Reflections of the crains and cargo ships are visible in a reflection in the segmented panoramic windows of a moored ship. The ships are piled high with shipping containers in various colors, and a hazy sky is visible above them. 5 Issues to Watch in 2024
Our columnists share the most important developments on their radar in the year ahead.
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U.S. President Joe Biden puts his fingers to his eyes with his head bowed and hands clasped in prayer. A folder sits on his lap as he sits in the lower house of the Irish parliament. Biden and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
The U.S. president’s foreign-policy strategy came undone in 2023.
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A grab from handout footage released by Yemen's Huthi Ansarullah Media Centre on November 19, 2023, reportedly shows members of the rebel group during the capture of an Israel-linked cargo vessel at an undefined location in the Red Sea. Prudence Means Fighting the Houthis Now
The Biden administration’s hesitance to intervene decisively in the Red Sea is a big mistake.
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An illustration shows the faces of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin interrupted by wavy lines of a fragmented map of Europe and Asia. Foreign Policy’s Best Articles on Geopolitics and Strategy
Five big-think articles from 2023 that cut through the news.
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A soldier fighting for Ukraine stands in front of a destroyed monastery in Dolyna, Ukraine. FP Live Looks Back at 2023
Stephen Walt explains why countries are accusing America of hypocrisy.
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foreign-policy-Podcasts-2023-fp Our Podcasts, Ourselves
FP’s five best episodes of 2023.
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A 1901 political cartoon depicts an Uncle Sam rooster (large and central wearing a top hat and stars and stripe suit) with small roosters in the Monroe Doctrine-labeled European Coop (left) and smaller roosters labeled with South American country names including Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, and others running around free. The Return of the Monroe Doctrine
U.S. responses to China’s growing presence in Latin America risk falling into an old paternalistic pattern.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leave after holding a press conference at the White House in Washington. Did Biden’s Foreign Policy Flounder in 2023?
From Ukraine to Gaza, U.S. credibility on the world stage is appearing strained as an election year looms.
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Biden delivers remarks from a lectern in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. It’s Time to Reconsider U.S. Military Aid
As Congress stalls, the U.S. public has good reason to demand more transparency on Biden’s funding for Ukraine and Israel.
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A collage illustration showing U.S. President Joe Biden and leaders from Australia, India, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Vietnam, walking along a bright red landscape in front of a textural map of the Indo-Pacific region America’s Indo-Pacific Alliances Are Astonishingly Strong
Countries are balancing against China—just like a student of international relations would predict.
