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Fri, 07/07/2017 - 20:47
As Venezuela’s crisis deepens, the regime tries to leverage vulnerable state workers to support its agenda.
Fri, 07/07/2017 - 19:58
The former NATO ambassador inherits a simmering conflict in Ukraine and a showdown with Russia.
Fri, 07/07/2017 - 18:44
The country’s highest court has a strategy for combatting the craziness in Washington: stop focusing on the President.
Fri, 07/07/2017 - 17:42
If President Donald Trump wants a war over steel, the Europeans are primed to give it to him.
Fri, 07/07/2017 - 16:00
Given the possibility that retired Marine Gen. James Mattis will be secretary of Defense, this section from my book, The Generals, becomes more interesting.
Fri, 07/07/2017 - 15:00
From Saudi Arabia to China to Brazil, here are some of the places where self-styled saviors have proclaimed their kingdoms.
Fri, 07/07/2017 - 14:28
Japan, South Korea, and the United States are more than capable of deterring a catastrophic attack from Pyongyang.
Fri, 07/07/2017 - 14:00
Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman used an obscure think tank to make D.C. connections for Viktor Yanukovych.
Fri, 07/07/2017 - 14:00
The days of other countries looking to the United States for leadership are coming to an end.
Fri, 07/07/2017 - 13:47
If Trump really means “America first,” he needs to raise the pipeline issue.
Fri, 07/07/2017 - 13:29
By David Francis, Adam Rawnsley, and FP Staff Playing hard to get with Chinese spies…for a whole year. When he received a mysterious email from a spurious Chinese consulting firm, freelance journalist Nate Thayer saw an opportunity. “Mr. Thayer, as a renowned correspondent on Asian affairs, we wonder if you happen to have a professional ...
Fri, 07/07/2017 - 00:43
Only by working to heal the ideological, political, and military rifts in its own Arab ranks can Saudi Arabia feel secure of its position relative to Iran.
Thu, 06/07/2017 - 22:46
Authorities in Damascus withhold critical evidence that could help identify perpetrators of the April 4 sarin attack on Khan Sheikhoun.
Thu, 06/07/2017 - 22:29
Trump joins a long list of presidents who wanted to improve U.S.-Russia ties and damaged American interests in the process. Here’s how he can stop the slide.
Thu, 06/07/2017 - 22:19
Amid a new “Red Scare,” officials fear any contact with Moscow.
Thu, 06/07/2017 - 22:13
By lending support to the Three Seas Initiative, Trump wades into a complicated European fight over energy, access, and who calls the shots.
Thu, 06/07/2017 - 22:11
The legalization of same-sex marriage is quickly spreading throughout the globe.
Thu, 06/07/2017 - 21:45
The history of failed attempts on the lives of Pyongyang’s leaders shows if you come for the Kims, you better not miss.
Thu, 06/07/2017 - 20:03
But without a significant turnaround, elephants could be on their way to extinction.
Thu, 06/07/2017 - 19:40
The administration is putting money toward a border wall, but giving short shrift to America’s other borders.
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