Foreign Policy

Onetime colleagues and former officials wonder how the deputy attorney general became Trump’s hatchet man.

Lawmakers want the Trump White House to approve U.S. Navy patrols in the disputed waterway to counter China’s expansionist tactics.

Environmental violations thrust Nord Stream 2 and its European partners into an awkward position.

Will Congress, the FBI, and the Justice Department hold the Trump administration accountable or cave to political pressure from the White House?

He can make his case in person next week.

President Hassan Rouhani's overhaul of his country’s rickety airlines is a centerpiece of his re-election campaign. But will Donald Trump get in the way?

America’s rule of law now hinges on whether the GOP still feels loyalty to the republic, not just Republicans.

The short answer: no.

Way to give Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants, Mr. President.

With Russiagate on everyone’s lips, who better to meet with Tillerson and Trump than Sergei Lavrov?

A huge trove of internal documents appears online as voters prepare to head to the polls.

Laura Poitras turns her camera on the WikiLeaks founder for an unsparing portrait that exposes his retrograde views on women.

As early as 2018.

Geopolitics are their own gravitational force.

The president’s strategy for a peace between Israel and the Palestinians appears to be one of “outside in."

Chinese aviation, prepare for take-off.

The White House is poised to greenlight an Obama administration plan to seize the last bastion of the Islamic State in Syria.

The Trump administration is taking its eyes off the ball in Afghanistan. The real threat is still al Qaeda.

I know it can be hard to look past the destruction wrought by the Islamic State, but together we can build a peaceful, prosperous city.

Trump steps up the fight against terrorists in Africa and Middle East, leading to a wave of combat deaths.