List of U.S. Foreign Policy articles
-
Flags of the US and China are placed ahead of a meeting between US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and China's Agriculture Minister Han Changfu at the Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing on June 30, 2017. Ukraine and Russia Need a Great-Power Peace Plan
How Washington and Beijing could stop the war in Europe.
-
Taiwanese forces participate in drills to show combat readiness at a military base in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Jan. 11. Poll: What Is the Likelihood of War Over Taiwan?
Despite recent escalations, IR scholars think the chance of conflict hasn’t increased in the last year.
-
Demonstrators protest in support of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny in front of the chancellery in Berlin. It’s Time for the United States to Join the ICC
Strengthening the international justice system isn’t just the moral choice—it’s also the strategic one.
-
Indian National Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge (center) and members of parliament of various opposition parties take part in a protest march against the conviction of Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case in New Delhi on March 24. Why Does the U.S. Care More About Taiwan’s Democracy Than India’s?
The West’s urge to counter China shouldn’t mean ignoring democratic erosion among its own coalition members.
-
A Libyan boy waves a U.S. flag during a mass rally in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, Libya, in 2011. Why Isn’t the U.S. in Libya?
Outside powers take a growing interest in this oil-rich African state where the U.S. Embassy has been closed since 2014.
-
Newly confirmed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a welcome ceremony at the State Department in Washington,DC on January 27, 2021. Biden’s State Department Needs a Reset
The administration’s diplomacy has underperformed—except at time-wasting talk about democracy.
-
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina attend a ceremony marking the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 26. What Taiwan Can Learn from Honduras’s Switch to China
Taipei’s last diplomatic stand may well be in the Americas.
-
A protester walks down a street at night holding an Israeli flag. Israel Is Somewhere It’s Never Been Before
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s effort to weaken Israel’s democracy—and the public’s stunning resistance—has unsettled the country.
-
Kurdish military officers take part in a graduation ceremony in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on Jan. 15. Iraqi Kurdistan’s House of Cards Is Collapsing
The region once seemed a bright spot in the disorder unleashed by U.S. regime change. Today, things look bleak.
-
Rep. Mike Gallagher presides over the first hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party in Washington on Feb. 28. The Real Risk of the China Select Committee
Why alienate the very people whose expertise and connections might help Congress understand the Chinese government?
-
U.S. Marines walk past a toppled statue of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. The Lessons Not Learned From Iraq
Twenty years on, the war still shapes policy—mostly for the worse.
-
Newspapers in Tehran feature on their front page news about the China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties, signed in Beijing the previous day, on March, 11 2023. Saudi-Iranian Détente Is a Wake-Up Call for America
The peace plan is a big deal—and it’s no accident that China brokered it.
-
Austin and Gallant stand at podiums side by side next to each others' national flags. The U.S.-Israel Relationship No Longer Makes Sense
If Israel and its supporters want the country to continue receiving U.S. largesse, they will need to come up with a new narrative.
-
Ukrainian servicemen move towards the front line near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 8. Incrementalism Is Throttling U.S. Support for Ukraine
Ad hoc, one-off decisions and lagging implementation are undermining the strategic effects of U.S. military assistance.
-
NASA’s Orion capsule is brought into a well deck. The Space Race’s Shifting Center of Gravity
The first lunar era was defined by geopolitics. The winners of the next will be those who can triumph in economic competition and rule-making.
