List of U.S. Government articles
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An illustration shows a wall made up of stacked shipping containers with a line of immigrants peering up at it from below. Isolationism Won’t Make Anyone Great Again
The world will come together once it realizes fragmentation makes everyone poorer.
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An illustration shows Joe Biden at a lecturn on a bridge spanning a chasm with two heads of Donald Trump in profile forming the base of the bridge. Why Biden’s Foreign Policy Fell Short
The White House never met its own grandiose standards.
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A picture taken during an organized tour by Yemen's Houthi rebels shows a security guard aboard the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, seized by Houthi fighters two days earlier, in a port on the Red Sea in the Yemeni province of Hodeida, on Nov. 22, 2023. The Houthis Are Undeterred
Military escalation will not end the group’s terror campaign.
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Trump reads from his notes as he speaks. Trump’s Most Essential History Lesson
What Europe’s 1990s wars can teach the next U.S. president about Ukraine.
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U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office in Washington on Nov. 13, 2024. What to Expect From Geopolitics in 2025
Fareed Zakaria plays the annual predictions game on FP Live.
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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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A photo illustration shows an elephant holding a radio microphone against a muted red background to represent conservative radio hosts. The Original Joe Rogan
Bob Grant and other talk radio hosts got out the Republican message through the ‘80s and ‘90s.
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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.
