Foreign Policy

State Dept. Slams Saudi; U.S. and China Defense Officials Meet

Clinging to a procedural technicality, the GOP delays an agonizing choice on Russia policy.

It’s a law of nature: rising states and established powers come to blows. But can the Trump administration avoid a clash of nuclear superpowers?

There are almost no checks and balances on the administration’s conduct of international affairs. And most Americans are fine with that.

The scariest thing about the death of Otto Warmbier is that the Kim regime doesn’t feel even an ounce of remorse.

After the shock of Brexit, the French election has stabilized the patient in Brussels. But most countries still want a say on membership.

Dromedaries are the latest victims of the feud among Gulf states.

France’s new president is about to face off against some of the West's fiercest organized labor. At stake is the future of Europe.

New measures target Russian officials and a martial arts training firm linked to a pro-Putin biker gang.

Poroshenko, worried he wouldn’t meet Trump at all, downplayed his arrival in D.C., but pleased is with the administration's stance.

New documents reveal how the CIA attempted to call off the failing coup — only to be salvaged at the last minute by an insubordinate spy.

Revelations about Chinese influence have rocked Australian media and politics. Should the U.S. have the same debate?

A looming battle around Mosul’s medieval Great Mosque of al-Nuri as part of the final stages to push the Islamic State out of the city is expected to deliver another important tactical and even symbolic victory against the Islamic State.

As Khartoum tries to convince the Trump administration it's worth more as a counterterror partner than as a designated sponsor of terrorism.

I like the interview that Steve Inskeep did with me about my new book on Churchill and Orwell.

In a contentious Senate hearing, Trump’s top law enforcement officer called Russiagate allegations “scurrilous” and said he has been the victim of a smear campaign.

A deal for thousands of precision munitions kits wins approval, but opponents of Washington’s support for Riyadh’s war in Yemen claim moral victory

The Stanley McChrystal — and the war in Afghanistan — I knew is not at all like what you’ll see on Netflix.

The Balkan nation is in the middle of a tug-of-war between Russia and the West.

Rather than affirming his commitment to Western values and institutions during his recent trip to Europe, President Donald Trump did the opposite, breaking with and alienating America’s closest democratic allies.