With Putinism under assault, the president can forge a new path by rejecting regime change and heavy-handed democracy promotion in favor of interconnected diplomacy.

How a Republican presidential candidate became a leading critic of empire

There are alternatives to America’s heavy-handed attempts at “helping” the region. It’s time to pursue them.

Trump continues to boast that he's brought North Korea to heel. The truth is much more dire.

His presidency sometimes makes historic changes possible. But his ego always torpedoes them.

#UnwantedIvanka and the equally omnipresent Jared aren't just meme-able jokes, they're conduits for graft and possible threats to national security.

Lessons from a 2016 naval crisis that could have sunk the nuclear deal and opened a conflict, but didn’t.

Why Third Way liberals saw a glamorous, difficult diplomat as the protector of their values

Some of the governments supporting Trump's plan to starve Venezuela into submission are none too savory, themselves.

The leaders facing off in the U.S.-China trade war are obsessed with prestige.

Saudi Arabia's expulsion of the Canadian ambassador over a negligible conflict suggests an ulterior motive.

One small step for Trump—and one giant blow to American diplomacy. The repercussions of reneging on the Iran deal may last for years.

Trump and Netanyahu seem intent on kicking over the EU's carefully built international sandcastles. But can Europe play the long game?

North Korea's announcement that it will be shutting down its nuclear tests is great news. But there's one giant caveat here.

He faces numerous possible pitfalls in his first official trip to the region—as well as opportunities.

What I learned from my own contacts with Russian intelligence agents.

Liberal hawks and neocons' Congress for Cultural Freedom delusion