Foreign Policy

Trump is still president for the next 71 days. And he has begun making it harder for a President Biden to undo his Iran policies.

From Cairo to Riyadh, autocrats are nervous about what a Biden administration might mean for their relationship with Washington.

In today’s Democratic Party, inheriting Obama’s economic legacy may be a burden, not a benefit.

The country is treating the outcome of the U.S. election as an opportunity—and a potential threat.

Biden will shift focus in the Middle East, but Israeli-Arab normalization will continue.

Trump’s brand of populist conservatism had little appeal north of the border, but leaves a legacy of U.S.-style race politics.

Democrats on the continent are eager to have a U.S. ally again, but the new administration will have to deliver at home as well.

It’s time the United States and Europe start taking their democracies more seriously.

Right-wing leader Janez Jansa called the election early—for the wrong side.

Trump withdrew from the WHO. Biden can rebuild ties with the organization and make the United States an influential player in the fight against COVID-19.

The damage done to the U.S. reputation may take years to repair.

European allies who regularly clashed with Trump were among the first to applaud the U.S. president-elect on his victory. Now even the president's closest friends abroad are joining in.

For all his flaws, there has never been a better deal-maker on Capitol Hill, colleagues say.

Weak institutions, social unrest, and election chaos make the United States too risky for a developed economy.

The tragic figure behind the Hungarian populist leader’s efforts to remake his country’s theater.

Even if 2020 marks a low point of U.S. democratic practice, supporting liberalism abroad must remain a vital element of U.S. foreign policy.

Republican activists have spent decades building a movement, winning state and local elections, and grooming a generation of conservative judges. If the left wants to win and keep power, it must learn from the right’s successes.

With significant gaps remaining between their positions, a prolonged standoff along the disputed Line of Actual Control is likely to continue.

Mike Pompeo’s rush to placate Trump and release old emails from Hillary Clinton worries many in the State Department who fear both its illegality and interference in the election.

The coronavirus has hit Haredi enclaves hard, but without clear directives from rabbis, isolated communities from Jerusalem to New York will continue to suffer.