Foreign Policy

As other countries rise, global stability depends on the United States holding onto its moralism.

Former SecDefs reject Trump tax bill, Army secretary finally moves in

There's growing concern on the Hill that the secretary of state is mangling American diplomacy.

Robert Mugabe is under house arrest, and the generals are in charge. But the top brass still insist there hasn’t been a coup.

While some arguments for the decline of the state are insightful and important, none of them have stuck.

A month after its independence referendum, Iraqi Kurdistan is seeing its economic future threatened.

The Islamic State has ramped up its Russian-language recruitment.

And Western countries need a plan to defuse the threat they pose.

Critics fear Trump administration will politicize diplomatic corps with unprecedented pick.

In Vienna, the center-right and populist right are vying for power. All of Europe is watching.

An officer wards off boredom with bad food, booze, and Russia Today during a layover in Al Udeid.

“Having served as an infantryman for four and a half years, I learned more about tactics and how to employ Marines more effectively in the 10 days spent at the experiment in the desert than I did in the entirety of my service."

Air Force paying to build contractor fighter force; South Korea says no nukes.

The Spanish region’s leaders believe punishment can be a path to redemption – as long as they’re not the ones who suffer.

We need to demand accountability from social media companies — and from U.S. diplomats.

The war against the Islamic State concealed the Kurds' political and economic weaknesses. The loss of Kirkuk has made them impossible to ignore.

For years, the U.S. military secretly flew Russian aircraft. Now it needs a cheaper option.

The “sonic attacks” in Cuba aren’t the first suspected instance of invisible attacks on U.S. diplomats.

Fearing the Kremlin’s grand design, and another nuclear disaster, Vilnius has turned a power plant into a battleground.

His eyes bulged out, as the tip of the pistol slammed into the back wall of his throat.