Foreign Policy

Ego + ignorance is a bad combination for someone with his finger on the button.  

In a call with China's President, Trump recognized, or at least nodded at, the one-China policy he'd earlier questioned.

Give me your start-ups, your coders, your tech-savvy masses.

If Donald Trump can’t play nice with U.S. allies, his presidency could crash and burn in the Horn of Africa.

If Trump doesn't do something about Pyongyang, forget "live long and prosper."

Foreign leaders are wondering whether they can trust the president -- or if they'll have to work with subordinates.

The president continues to be irascible toward allies, imperturbable toward Russia, and acting with reckless disregard for consequences. But his team ain't so bad.

Lukashenko is speaking as though there’s a new development to watch. In reality, it’s a repeat performance.

A muted White House isn't just emboldening the Kremlin -- it's inciting the politics of war throughout Ukraine.

Turkey tries to push the terror group back on the defensive.

America must check the assertive, rising powers of Russia and China before it's too late. Accepting spheres of influence is a recipe for disaster.

A group of female parliamentarians have developed a plan to mend the post-ISIS fabric of Iraq's second-largest city.

In retrospect, OPC was one of the great American military operations of the 20th century, though it rarely garners the degree of attention and recognition that it rightly deserves.

It's Monday again. Time to catch up on the top stories from the weekend.

From an exercise in Eastern Europe.

Key cabinet officers are struggling to moderate the impulsive president and the political operatives shaping national security policy.

The creation of a Bannon-led “Strategic Initiatives Group” within the NSC further erodes its stature, independence, and influence.

Three ideas to help the new U.S. ambassador to the U.N. recover from an awkward first week in New York.

Donald Trump's administration has been chaotic. Chinese history suggests that's by design.

Indonesians and Malaysians are afraid they could be next in the U.S. president’s crosshairs.