Whenever global trouble boils, our foreign policy big shots say U.S. credibility is at stake unless we act. Alas, the record shows that acting is often where the problems start.

The United States cannot afford to put a foot wrong if it wants to prevent a war in Europe.

Yes, the Russian leader is an authoritarian aggressor. But different decisions at key points by the U.S. might have made him less so.

Joe Biden can’t let the U.S. get sucked into a possible Russia-Ukraine conflict. What he can do is help all sides save face.

Biden’s upcoming meeting with the Russian president is the perfect opportunity to shrink Russia’s outsize significance in American politics.

Why isn't anyone talking about North Macedonia's accession into America's most important strategic alliance?

After another two nights of Democratic debates, the 2020 field has spent little time on some of the presidency's most consequential challenges.

At the anniversary celebration of NATO's bombing campaign, Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright were guests of honor. But tensions between Kosovo and Serbia are on the rise again.

A historian explains the risks of increased spending and why the benchmark—2 percent of GDP—is flawed.

While autocrats take advantage of the president's foreign-policy chaos, America's oldest allies are paralyzed by division and dependency.

What’s happening to the GOP’s global affairs brain trust?

He campaigned with a lot of swagger. But his first nine months in office have been defined by indecision, vacillation, and a reluctance to call shots.

The new documentary about the Russian strongman exposes a thematic vein that runs through Stone's entire body of work.

Russia's meddling in the U.S. election has not panned out for the autocrat.

The president only wants to sabotage and tear down what already exists—and the Republican Party is eager to let him.

A split has emerged between the U.S. and its European allies. And there's probably no going back.

Congress is normalizing one national security disaster after another, facilitating the administration's assault on the post-war order.