List of U.S. Foreign Policy articles
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Nobody’s Asking for Trump to Be a Genius
But is it too much for him to at least show some foreign-policy common sense?
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A protester waves a Sudanese flag in Khartoum on May 17. Washington Is Turning Its Back on Sudan
The United States should not abandon the Sudanese in their greatest hour of need.
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U.S. troops land in Normandy, France, on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The Lessons of 1944 Are in Jeopardy
Seventy-five years after D-Day, the United States should remember that on-the-ground leadership still works.
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Iranians burn an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump during a parade on May 31 in Tehran. Iran Might Not Be Able to Wait Trump Out
New negotiations could be Tehran’s only option.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's senior advisor, in Jerusalem on May 30. Trump Has Misdiagnosed the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The White House’s economic plan for Gaza and the West Bank should invite skepticism.
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A poster for The Monroe Doctrine, a 1939 film starring Charles Waldron as James Monroe. Let the Monroe Doctrine Die
The Trump administration is committing national security malpractice in Latin America by resurrecting a policy that has outlived its purpose.
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Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meet in Moscow on May 8. Trump Is Driving Iran into Russia’s Arms
U.S. sanctions won’t necessarily isolate Tehran. They could spur new strategic alliances.
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U.S. President Donald Trump announces his intention to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, outside the White House on June 1, 2017. Leaving the Paris Agreement Is a Bad Deal for the United States
Trump’s plan to quit the accord would provide serious cover for major emitters like China and India.
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Ambazonia Military Forces General John, who says he commands thousands of rebel soldiers in Ambazonia, poses with his bodyguards in Borrere, Cameroon, the Ambazonian flag proudly hanging behind them, on Feb. 13. Cameroon’s Separatist Movement Is Going International
Armed groups are slipping into Nigeria and appealing to the Cameroonian diaspora to fuel their fight for a breakaway state.
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2020-foreign-policy-jonathan-tepperman The 2020 Candidates Aren’t Talking About Foreign Policy. They Need to Start.
The United States caused many of the planet’s problems and can still unmake them—but only if its politicians face up to the challenge.
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Iranian demonstrators carry a portrait of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in Tehran on May 10. There Is Still Time for Diplomacy With Iran
The risk of war has risen. But a diplomatic solution remains likely.
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U.S. and Chinese flags at the Qingdao free trade port area in China's Shandong province on May 8. Here’s What a Progressive China Strategy Would Look Like
Trump’s trade war won’t put Washington on strong footing to compete with Beijing.
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A man closes a voting station in Kinshasa ahead of counting the ballots after presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Dec. 30, 2018. No Democracy Is an Island
If Washington thinks that affirming flawed votes and the leaders who benefited from them abroad isn’t harming the health of democracy at home, it is mistaken.
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Iranian troops in the Strait of Hormuz celebrate National Persian Gulf Day on April 30. Trump’s Iran Policy Is Becoming Dangerous
Growing evidence suggests the U.S. president is traveling a path toward war—whether he knows it or not.
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U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in Washington on July 30, 2018. Trump Deserves More Credit for His Foreign Policies
Obscured by chaos and dysfunction, the White House is pursuing approaches that are better than they seem.
