Foreign Policy

When Donald Trump departed on his maiden overseas trip, it was impossible to resist the comparison with the last time a president got out of town to escape such a vortex of scandals: the summer of 1974, when Richard Nixon jetted to the Middle East and Moscow just weeks before Watergate consumed him.

On militarism, exhaustion, and decadence.

Donald Trump’s mistake wasn’t lack of discretion. It was being too clever by half.

Though the opposition may be largely symbolic, lawmakers are clearly growing tired of unconditional support for the Gulf kingdom.

Boeing’s agreement to sell planes to Iran forces Trump to choose between two campaign promises.

On trade, climate change, and Russia, world leaders disagree.

What’s a $1,500-a-day travel allowance for hard-working flunkies?

When President Trump spoke to NATO members for the first time on Thursday he failed to say the one thing Europeans were waiting to hear.

An “America first” policy risks leaving America alone.

Andrej Kiska wants “boring” elections. Whether Slovakia’s Supreme Court dissolves the People’s Party could decide it.

The government will build another metropolis from scratch. But it's not planning on following the old playbook.

As the U.S. president heads to Israel for a show of unity, the country’s spies are alarmed at his disclosures to the Russians.

If the current president has proved anything, it’s that there’s a first time for everything.

The stakes could not be higher for the president's first trip abroad. And he'll need to be careful and disciplined.

The Swedish arrest warrant is gone, but WikiLeaks founder is far from being free.

But some of the arms sales could face an uphill battle on Capitol Hill.

As Iranians go to the polls, the divide between the country's octogenarian ayatollahs and its young population is wider than ever.

When they’re not smuggling ivory and rhino horn, Africa’s most notorious criminal syndicates are stealing farm animals to make a 2,500-year-old traditional Chinese remedy.

The campaign to punish Assad for attacking his people with chlorine bombs took a back seat to Kerry's diplomacy with Moscow

That’s up to the powers behind the Iranian throne -- and to one U.S. president.