Foreign Policy

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.

By keeping a key challenger in jail, Turkey’s government risks making Selahattin Demirtas an even more popular and formidable opponent.

The last time America withdrew from its own international security agreement, it led to the most devastating war in history.

Iraqi politicians are finally crossing ethnic and religious lines. But how long can the good vibes last?

Gina Haspel dodges questions but appears headed toward narrow confirmation.

The United States will be worse off once the smoke clears.

As a new outbreak surfaces in Africa, the only possible motive for ending America's anti-Ebola program is that Barack Obama started it.

In staffing and internal policies, he seems to be reversing trends of the Tillerson era that dispirited many diplomats.

What happens when the Saudi military's massive budget meets Iran's mastery of asymmetric warfare? Here's a preview.

A U.S. military vendor created a “ghost structure” to do business with Iran, yet the dollars keep rolling in.

Gina Haspel wanted to withdraw her nomination before the White House prevailed upon her.

It’s a sign of growing concern over Chinese influence operations in the United States.

Angela Merkel may have ceded her crown to France’s president. But neither can supplant Donald Trump.

An anti-regime alliance of rich and poor could be the key to ending clerical rule.

The mutual challenge of managing Pyongyang could offer Washington and Beijing the chance to get along.

It may not be a White House priority. But rising sea levels are critical to the service’s operations.