The Cable
The Cable goes inside the foreign policy machine, from Foggy Bottom to Turtle Bay, the White House to Embassy Row.

Republicans to Keep Control of the House

Republicans are expected to keep House control.

By , a global affairs journalist and the author of The Influence of Soros and Bad Jews.
paul-ryan
paul-ryan

Republicans are expected to keep control of the House.

Republicans are expected to keep control of the House.

Few seriously expected the House to turn to the Democrats; eyes were more carefully attuned to the Senate, where Democrats already picked up their first seat with the election of Tammy Duckworth in Illinois. But perhaps some thought that Donald Trump’s divisiveness might reflect in some losses for Republicans in the House.

Instead, they are expected to gain four seats.

Photo credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Emily Tamkin is a global affairs journalist and the author of The Influence of Soros and Bad Jews. Twitter: @emilyctamkin

Tags: Elections, U.S. 2016 Election

latest

Hong Kong’s Bureaucrats Don’t Make Good Authoritarians

France’s Water War Has No End in Sight

Wagner’s African Hosts Regret Letting Them In

America’s Budget Dysfunction Has Geopolitical Costs

Is Soft Power Making a Comeback?
See All Stories

Editors’ Picks

  1. 1
    No, the World Is Not Multipolar
  2. 2
    Hong Kong’s Bureaucrats Don’t Make Good Authoritarians
  3. 3
    Wagner’s African Hosts Regret Letting Them In
  4. 4
    America’s Budget Dysfunction Has Geopolitical Costs
  5. 5
    It’s Hungary’s Turn to Undermine Sweden’s NATO Accession
  6. 6
    America Can’t Stop China’s Rise

More from Foreign Policy

An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo.
An illustration shows the Statue of Liberty holding a torch with other hands alongside hers as she lifts the flame, also resembling laurel, into place on the edge of the United Nations laurel logo.

A New Multilateralism

How the United States can rejuvenate the global institutions it created.

A view from the cockpit shows backlit control panels and two pilots inside a KC-130J aerial refueler en route from Williamtown to Darwin as the sun sets on the horizon.
A view from the cockpit shows backlit control panels and two pilots inside a KC-130J aerial refueler en route from Williamtown to Darwin as the sun sets on the horizon.

America Prepares for a Pacific War With China It Doesn’t Want

Embedded with U.S. forces in the Pacific, I saw the dilemmas of deterrence firsthand.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, seen in a suit and tie and in profile, walks outside the venue at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Behind him is a sculptural tree in a larger planter that appears to be leaning away from him.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, seen in a suit and tie and in profile, walks outside the venue at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Behind him is a sculptural tree in a larger planter that appears to be leaning away from him.

The Endless Frustration of Chinese Diplomacy

Beijing’s representatives are always scared they could be the next to vanish.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomes Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman during an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on June 22, 2022.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomes Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman during an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on June 22, 2022.

The End of America’s Middle East

The region’s four major countries have all forfeited Washington’s trust.

Trending

  1. No, the World Is Not Multipolar
    Essay
    Jo Inge Bekkevold

  2. America’s Budget Dysfunction Has Geopolitical Costs
    Argument
    Daniel B. Baer

  3. Wagner’s African Hosts Regret Letting Them In
    Dispatch
    Jack Detsch

  4. The Morality of Ukraine’s War Is Very Murky
    Argument
    Stephen M. Walt

  5. France’s Water War Has No End in Sight
    Report
    Michele Barbero