Sixty years later, a classic Middle Eastern intervention under Eisenhower now looks like a symbol of a dysfunctional relationship.

Anxiety about China surpassing the United States is old news. The numbers are complicated—but actively undermining the postwar order isn't helping.

What denying asylum to victims of domestic abuse means, in real life

No, really: Does anyone know what the agreement Trump just signed in Singapore is supposed to mean?

The president's meeting with Kim Jong Un could go more like Eisenhower with Khrushchev—which wouldn't be good.

As Donald Trump prepares for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his former ambassadorial nominee has some advice.

The economic impact will probably be minimal, says Peter Chase. But boy do they throw a wrench into existing trade treaties.

Columnists and politicians decrying the decline of the West can't seem to define what it is they're defending. The entire concept was developed for a very particular historical moment.

Two decades after India tested its nuclear weapons, the country still isn't in a position to do what the United States wants from it: help counter China.

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

Here's exactly what the U.S. loses as Trump scraps the Iran nuclear deal.

Middle Eastern autocrats are more interested in isolating Iran and punishing Hamas than defending the Palestinians.

The Israeli prime minister said the Iran deal "is based on lies.” Of course it is, says nuclear expert James Acton—but the U.S. knew that.

"Derzhavnost": It's why focusing on Putin, or trying to punish the country, usually backfires.

How politics and culture in America look from Istanbul today

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

In one of the most daring diplomatic moves in decades, the president seeks his own Nixon-to-China moment. This one might not go so well.