U.S. Foreign Policy

The world-minus-one moment.

Managing the global order with an antagonistic Washington.

U.S. allies and partners are taking steps toward a post-American nuclear order.

Allies fear that Washington is retreating from leadership at the worst possible time.

A flimsy peace would legitimize conquest. A durable one could still salvage deterrence.

The top stories we’re watching this year.

Readers kept track of Trump’s whirlwind foreign policy and upheaval in the global order.

Nearly one year into Trump’s second term, our authors assess the damage he has caused to the global order.

In 2025, the region went up against tariffs, deportations, and a major U.S. military buildup.

The figures who shaped the way we thought about the world this year.

Trump wielded U.S. economic and military might in the region to win concessions.

Potemkin peace can be a threat all its own.

A hemispheric focus makes little sense for a global economic and military giant.

The Trump administration’s U.N. resolution reimagines international responses to humanitarian crises.

Enforcing a 21st-century Monroe Doctrine means recalibrating U.S. defense posture.

Amid the U.S. naval blockade announcement off the coast of Venezuela, Beijing has released its new strategy for the region.

The West’s new movement to revive liberalism still lacks an international agenda.

The president’s pay-to-play mentality is undermining U.S. foreign policy.

Trump’s latest proposal would cede the United States’ AI advantage.

Trump has kept Canada and Mexico guessing about whether he will renew the trade agreement.

Trump’s overtures to Beijing deal a blow to U.S. hard-liners.

The MAGA revolution in U.S. foreign policy brings good news and bad.

His administration failed Ukraine at almost every turn, shaping the war to this day.

Michael McFaul wants more democracy promotion. Is now the time?

Washington’s new National Security Strategy ratifies an adversarial relationship.

The country is the latest target of Trump’s partisan interventions.

What the postponement of the Summit of the Americas reveals about regional relations.

In diplomacy, the U.S. president always seems to follow his own transactional view of human affairs.

As the Trump administration pledges to meet global health targets, it has terminated some of its best tools for doing so.

Shifts in U.S. policy and public support have Israelis searching for answers.

The U.S. president was right to resist regime change before, and he should do so again now.

The leaders talked trade, Taiwan, and—likely—Japan.

The U.S. should avoid a narrow Christian focus.

At home and abroad, his autocratic approach is starting to run aground.

If the U.S.-Russia draft for Ukraine goes forward, Donald Trump will be remembered as the Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century.

If Europe moves fast to seize Russian assets, it may be able to sink this bad deal.

The Trump administration’s cavalier approach to the rule of law is the end of an era.

For Europe, continued war is perhaps not entirely unwelcome.

Why Washington’s foreign-policy community needs to take its conversation to a new platform.

At COP30, the global energy transition is moving forward without the United States.

If Trump truly wants to be a peacemaker, he should banish the UAE from the negotiating table.

You can’t bomb your way out of an illicit market.

Why the much-cited 1989 comparison is flawed.

From Afghanistan to Venezuela, the misleading term has inspired decades of misguided policies against real problems.

The U.S.-Philippines-Japan partnership needs institutionalization.

Trump would be right to try something new against the Venezuelan regime.

The former U.S. vice president set out to strengthen the power of the presidency and the country but ultimately undermined both.

In an increasingly dangerous era, the group’s old patterns of cooperation will not suffice.

Did Argentine voters endorse their president’s economic overhaul—or cow to Trump’s threats?

From Japan to Pakistan, the deals keep coming.

Expanding U.S. strategic ambiguity with both Israel and the Gulf states is the best bet for regional progress.

Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller is terrifying—but falls short of true provocation.

A new documentary argues Nixon’s secretary of state learned the wrong lessons from his experiences with Nazi Germany.

The continent’s largest emitter aims to cut coal and invest in nuclear and gas.

How the continent became a second-class citizen on the global stage.

The deal to sever China’s ties to the Panama Canal could boost its influence elsewhere in the region.

Three possible scenarios for Trump and Caracas.

Only the end of Israel’s special relationship with the United States would signal a true end of war.

María Corina Machado has embraced the U.S. president’s military buildup in the Caribbean.

Commentator Emily Jashinsky on COVID and a yearning for culture, religion, and roots.

The White House has overturned the decades-old bipartisan policy consensus that female empowerment serves U.S. interests.

His vanity is reshaping geopolitics and opens a way to game U.S. policy.

Trump’s plan is just the latest example.

The resolution was a rare point of consensus between Washington and Latin American countries.

Jobs across the continent are at risk as a duty-free deal with Washington lapses.

Internal fissures mean that the Taliban’s rejection of the issue is far from settled.

Why is the Trump administration intent on rescuing a failed foreign leader?

There are several options for dealing with the Trump administration.

The final verdict is in.

From Trump’s “chemistry” with Lula to a U.S. bailout of Argentina.

The apparent thaw between the two leaders is a reminder of why the U.N. still matters.

Artificial intelligence is not the most important part of the U.S.-China technology race, yet it receives the most attention in Washington.

Trump added Bogotá to an anti-drug blacklist but stopped short of cutting aid.

The president’s second state visit to the country is intended to improve the special relationship.

A new documentary about the time a small band of misguided Americans attempted to overthrow the Venezuelan government.

Can the country’s democracy heal from the Bolsonaro era while resisting U.S. intimidation?

The ruling is a watershed moment in Brazilian history—and one that could further upend relations with the United States.

So far.

The inventor of the sanctions paradox stress-tests it 25 years on.

The United States should not legitimize another fragile rupture in an unsettled region.

The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.

Venezuela’s frayed ties with old allies have left it isolated in responding to U.S. force.

Despite President Donald Trump’s claims that Washington is no longer funding the war, the reality is more complex.

The Trump administration is reprioritizing security in the Western Hemisphere.

The sinking of a small boat the U.S. president said was carrying drugs violated traditional procedures.

What India’s and South Korea’s dealings with Washington tell us about real and imagined U.S. peace initiatives in Asia.

Elsewhere in the Caribbean, homicide rates are going up—and U.S. intervention isn’t helping.

Political anxieties have piled up and put an end to an era of public optimism.

Emma Ashford on how Washington should navigate a “post-unipolar” world.

There has rarely been a safer window for the transition of security on the continent away from America.

Trump’s 50 percent tariffs don’t need to burn the bridge.

The helpless envoy embodies everything that is dysfunctional about current U.S. foreign policy.

Even when he’s partly right, he’s wrong.

Here are some of the two leaders’ most turbulent moments to date.

Successful diplomacy of any kind requires some kind of high-stakes compromise.

Read Trump and Putin’s remarks after their pivotal meeting in Alaska.

Nvidia and AMD show how deals get done in Trump’s Washington.

What’s emerging is not yet a new consensus. But neither is it as incoherent as current rhetoric would have you believe.

History offers painful lessons for Trump’s expansionist desires.

The Organization of American States is experiencing a chilling effect under Trump.