While he’s breaking with his predecessors, Biden’s rhetoric leaves room for the Saudis to slip out of commitments.

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.

The former colonial power isn’t just a victim of Russian disinformation. It’s waging a similar propaganda campaign in Mali and other countries in the Sahel region.

Joe Biden might be the perfect president to restore America’s standing as a champion against foreign corruption.

The post-9/11 consensus is crumbling, so America’s hawks are inventing fresh rhetoric to justify imperialist disasters.

The assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is a reminder of how badly the U.S. needs a new approach to Iran. Is Biden up to the task?

The secretary of state is igniting diplomatic infernos left and right, leaving the next administration with untold damage on its hands.

The president was always too dense to develop a coherent foreign policy. Now the secretary of state is using these final weeks in power to cement his own legacy.

Trump’s partial troop withdrawal is cynical and incoherent, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.

The story of the country’s rise to dominance shows how it can step back.

How a Republican presidential candidate became a leading critic of empire

The Democratic Party’s 2020 platform echoes President Trump’s hawkishness on China. That’s a mistake.

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

The candidate’s plan to “win the future” through American export domination has multiple problems.

Bolsonaro has been a disaster for the environment and for Brazil’s indigenous people. But he’s proud of his U.S. connections.

A new 538-page report adopts an America First strategy to solve a global problem.

“The Room Where It Happened” is a powerful indictment of Trump—and of its author.

What “Defund the Police” can learn from the six-decade effort to radically demilitarize U.S. foreign policy

After baselessly accusing migrants of bringing coronavirus to the U.S., the administration is endangering the lives of infected detainees.

Reports of the dictator’s death may be exaggerated, but his health is undeniably brittle, and so is his regime.