Foreign Policy

A meeting with Donald Trump, Jr. has made a Russian attorney and an Azerbaijani pop star household names.

Best Defense is on summer hiatus. During this restful spell we offer re-runs from the past 12 months.

Donald Trump says Iran is a threat to the region, but his administration might be the real danger.

The more Iran’s economy is bolstered by large-scale Western business deals, the harder it will be for the United States to deploy sanctions effectively.

  With Adam Rawnsley Iran deal. After weeks of internal battles, President Trump agreed on Monday to certify that Iran is complying with an international nuclear agreement with Iran. Last year, dismantling the deal was one of the main themes of his winning presidential campaign. The deal calls for the administration to notify Congress every ...

The administration has resorted to slippery statements and obfuscations, but the truth is closing in around it.

Critics charge top U.S. diplomat with giving the green light to perpetrators of mass atrocities.

The French president got in hot water for noting the continent's dysfunction. But nothing he said was false.

With no ties to terrorist groups, the motive for the attack remains unknown.

The proposed bill slashes more than half a billion dollars, or almost half of U.S. funding for the organization.

As the Trump administration heads toward a showdown with Pyongyang, Vladimir Putin sees strategic advantage to be gained.

Democracy protesters thought they were shielded by the justice system — until Beijing turned it against them.

What if the French president actually likes him?

That thought occurred to me the other day whilst reading about Japanese operations during the war.

  With Adam Rawnsley Gulf hack. The hack of Qatari government Web sites earlier this year was carried out by the United Arab Emirates, and not Russia, as had initially been suspected. The revelation — which will likely only deepen the diplomatic row between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors — comes after Saudi Arabia, the ...

In Poland, the president had all the facts and stories and history right, but drew all the wrong lessons.

Clarity on Trump's stance on electoral meddling in the 2016 elections is not one of them.

It’s likely that 19 countries will affirm their commitment to the Paris Climate agreement, leaving Trump alone in rejecting it.

Previous ceasefires have broken down in a matter of weeks. And Israel doesn’t trust Russia to stop Iran’s proxies.

Kim Jong Un can’t stop his nuclear program without threatening the national ideology that keeps him in power.