List of Foreign & Public Diplomacy articles
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel on March 9. Does the United States Have More Leverage Over Israel Than It Thinks?
The beleaguered Netanyahu government needs Washington’s backing on Iran—but unpopular judicial reforms and casual talk of ethnic cleansing could imperil it.
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Workers haul part of a fiber optic cable onto the shore at the Kenyan port town of Mombasa in 2009. The Next Superpower Battlefield Could Be Under the Sea in Africa
U.S. assistance in developing tech infrastructure could help achieve Washington’s strategic and diplomatic goals by countering Russia and China.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to deliver his annual state of the nation address in Moscow on Feb. 21. The World Isn’t Slipping Away From the West
The United States and Europe get a few things wrong about global attitudes toward Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on the sideline of the G-20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on March 2. U.S. Foreign Policy Must Consider the Global South
As long-marginalized countries seek to exert their power on the world stage, policymakers in Washington need a new framework.
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A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait in a queue during a World Food Program cash distribution in Kabul. How to Deal With the Taliban
Inside the debate over whether the West should engage the regime.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waits for the arrival of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. India Can Still Be a Bridge to the Global South
As G-20 president this year, New Delhi must secure greater climate financing and a debt restructuring plan for developing countries.
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A member of security for the Israeli Bracha settlement gestures amid clashes between settlers and Palestinians in Burin village, after settlers reportedly set cars on fire in the village in the occupied West Bank on Feb. 25. Unconditional U.S. Support of Israel Fuels Jewish Extremist Violence
The Israeli far right sees Washington’s refusal to get tough on Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as a green light for ethnic cleansing.
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A person waits for the start of the 11th emergency special session of the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City. The U.N. Has Turned Turtle on the Ukraine War
A paralyzed Security Council and a toothless General Assembly can’t come to grips with Russia’s challenge to the international order.
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A Ukrainian flag is readied to be unfurled. A Surreal Evening at the Russian Embassy
Caviar and vodka on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine.
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German politician Christian Schmidt looks on as he officially takes office as the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Aug. 2, 2021. Bosnia’s Peace Envoy Is Caught in a Political Tug of War
Constitutional changes orchestrated by German diplomat Christian Schmidt have led to stalemate, but he won’t compromise.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency in Moscow. ‘Putin Still Believes Russia Will Prevail’
Angela Stent and Michael Kofman discuss one year of the war in Ukraine—and what to expect next on the battlefield.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening session of the 20th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2022. China’s Checkbook Diplomacy Has Bounced
China can make friends or break legs. It can’t do both.
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The Taliban's former envoy to Saudi Arabia arrives for a meeting with foreign diplomats in Doha, Qatar. Why Did Saudi Diplomats Leave Kabul?
As the Taliban start to crack, Afghanistan is once again the proxy battleground of terrorists and their backers.
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Sri Lankan construction workers along a road in Colombo. China’s Belt and Road to Nowhere
Xi Jinping’s signature foreign policy is a “shadow of its former self.”
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A North Korean Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile lifts off from an undisclosed location near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Aug. 29, 2017. When the Same North Korea Policy Fails Over and Over Again
A veteran negotiator explains how Washington’s attempts at nonproliferation floundered.
