Foreign Policy

As Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Russia rush to fill the vacuum of leadership in the Middle East, the United States is AWOL.

How command and control works when the military wakes up the president vs. when the president wakes up the military.

As a young reporter in political Washington in the late 1980s, I noticed that there was a type of person who thrived in the driven, transactional environment of the capital.

U.S. taking eye off South China Sea, Navy searching for way to 355 ships, Pentagon experimenting with new missile defenses

It’s been over a year since Trump promised dozens more warships.

Nikki Haley warns U.S. is prepared to use military to enforce prohibition on Syrian chemical weapons use.

Does democracy go down in the DMs? The folks at Lawfare discuss.

The United States needs to put a stop to this flashpoint before it’s too late.

The rest of the world may not particularly like the U.S. president’s bluster, but playing to his ego is a pretty good strategy.

Funds for therapy and education are reportedly cut.

Don't expect Benjamin Netanyahu to put Israeli soldiers in harm's way in Lebanon on Mohammed bin Salman's say-so.

Americans’ favorite meat just got riskier to eat.

China is starting to dictate terms in one of the world’s strategic waterways, and the United States is largely missing in action.

Coffee as the conduit for memories of a military career

The Communist Revolution was far more geopolitically influential than its contemporary critics — and even its celebrants — acknowledge.

As other countries rise, global stability depends on the United States holding onto its moralism.

Former SecDefs reject Trump tax bill, Army secretary finally moves in

There's growing concern on the Hill that the secretary of state is mangling American diplomacy.

Robert Mugabe is under house arrest, and the generals are in charge. But the top brass still insist there hasn’t been a coup.

While some arguments for the decline of the state are insightful and important, none of them have stuck.