Foreign Policy

The chancellor’s approach has been typical of German foreign policy: moralistic, hypocritical — and completely ineffective.

Not every post-Soviet revolution is about the geopolitics of Russia.

The French president spent his first year steering his country to the right — and his supporters on the left are starting to wonder what they signed up for.

Public posturing begins ahead of planned summit.

Mira Ricardel clashed with Defense Secretary James Mattis’s team in the early days of Trump’s presidency.

Beijing’s propaganda works at home, but it can't compete globally.

What’s not in the report is as important as what’s in it.

The Western Hemisphere needs a more ambitious agenda.

It’s time for legislators to share in the authority they claim to want.

It’s not an accident that Donald Trump’s closest foreign friend is the French president.

Shady sports agents have taken a page from human traffickers. They’re luring young men to Europe with promises of fame and exploiting them instead.

With President Trump’s strikes on Assad’s regime, the Syrian civil war is at the forefront of the global political stage. But what happens when the strikes are over?

The incoherence of Washington's Syria policy is a symptom of its failure to define a new role in the world.

It wouldn’t be the first time Erdogan took domestic politics to the international arena.

The risks of a summit remain high. But diplomacy works.

The United Nations needs to accept that it's possible to fight and broker peace agreements at the same time.

Tehran and Moscow are becoming the arbiters of the Middle East — and Israel’s relationship with both is growing increasingly tense.

The behind-the-scenes effort to rally enough senators to confirm Pompeo just got tougher.

The EU’s defense forces are struggling to recruit, and immigrants are often eager to serve.

The Trump Administration’s lack of engagement has made the terrorist threat worse.