Foreign Policy

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo provides security guarantees to Pyongyang but struggles to articulate American demands.

Western liberals projected their own hopes onto "the Lady" — and then blamed her for not living up to them.

The weekly podcast: How a U.S. presidential candidate found common cause with Israelis opposed to the peace process to pass a law that could now doom it.

The partnership with America had a long and fruitful life — but Europe is ready to start over.

Officials warn of brain drain across government offices.

Corruption and incompetence pushed Malayians to end decades of electoral stagnation.

Amid a democratic triumph, the new boss is still literally the old boss.

The U.S. president has blown up the Obama-era approach to Iran he has been mocking for years. Now it’s on him to clean up the mess.

The time is ripe for a U.S. approach based on pushing Iranian domestic politics into crisis.

For the first time since the military defeat of the Islamic State, Iraqis are voting for a new parliament. And Tehran and Washington aren’t getting in the way.

Netanyahu came close to ordering airstrikes in 2010 — but was thwarted by his own security chiefs.

The United States has outsourced its foreign policy to regional allies. In South Korea, it might lead to peace — in Israel, it’s more likely leading to war.

Nigeria’s president is trying to prove he can get from Washington what his predecessor couldn’t, but it might not be enough to get him re-elected.

U.S. exit from nuclear deal could jeopardize prospects for imprisoned Americans.

The U.S. president wanted to be energy independent, but he’s forcing his country to get more deeply involved in the global oil market.

The White House has the legal authority to compel countries to reinstate U.N. sanctions on Iran. So why has it chosen not to exercise it?

Chinese companies are proving that America is not first in the UAV export market. Can Trump roll that back?

Misperceptions of Tehran’s true intentions could lead to disaster.

Top United Nations officials are helping sell Xi Jinping’s signature foreign-policy initiative.

For all Trump’s talk of fire and fury, the North Koreans wouldn’t have come to the negotiating table without South Korea’s pragmatic president.