List of Foreign & Public Diplomacy articles
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South Korean President Moon Jae-In and U.S. President Donald Trump at the presidential Blue House on November 7, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. Trump Is Following, Not Leading
The United States has outsourced its foreign policy to regional allies. In South Korea, it might lead to peace — in Israel, it’s more likely leading to war.
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A portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump burns during a demonstration in Tehran on Dec. 11, 2017. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s What to Expect Now That Trump Has Withdrawn From the Iran Nuclear Deal
The United States will be worse off once the smoke clears.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo greets State Department employees during a welcome ceremony at the State Department in Washington on May 1. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Pompeo’s Hiring Moves Soothe Diplomats
In staffing and internal policies, he seems to be reversing trends of the Tillerson era that dispirited many diplomats.
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U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, on September 22, 2017. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) The Art of the Regime Change
Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal has one goal in mind — and no plan to achieve it.
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U.S. President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on December 21, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) The Predictable Disaster of Trump’s Lonely Iran Strategy
The United States is breaching the nuclear deal, alienating all its friends, and paving the way to another Middle Eastern war.
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A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard stands under a national flag on the wreckage of a captured U.S. Air Force helicopter during a ceremony in Tehran in April 2010. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) Iran Will Never Trust America Again
When the nuclear deal was signed, Revolutionary Guards told me they wanted a better relationship with America. Not anymore.
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A South Korean soldier stands under a display of North and South Korean missiles in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2002. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) Korea’s Nuclear Nightmare Hasn’t Gone Away
Unless the United States changes its priorities, Korean diplomacy is probably doomed.
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royalwedding Royal Weddings Are a Fairy Tale. They Used to Be High-Stakes Diplomacy.
Once upon a time, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle would have been instruments of foreign-policy ambition.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on Iran's nuclear program at the defence ministry in Tel Aviv on April 30, 2018. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Bibi’s Infomercial for the Iran Deal
Smoke and mirrors aside, the Israeli prime minister’s presentation was an endorsement of existing nuclear diplomacy with Tehran.
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New U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to State Department employees in Washington, D.C. on May 1, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Pompeo’s First Mission: Restoring State Department’s ‘Swagger’
In opening remarks to employees, the new secretary of state appeared eager to show the State Department he is no Rex Tillerson.
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A man walks past a newspaper featuring a front page story about the summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on a sidewalk in Seoul on Apr. 28. (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images) Optimism About Korea Will Kill Us All
The first step towards peace is lowering your expectations.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and first Lady Melania Trump at the National Assembly on Nov. 8, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) Trump-Goes-to-Korea Is the New Nixon-Goes-to-China
There are plenty of lessons to draw from America's diplomatic gambit in Korea — just probably not the ones you think.
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MEK supporters demonstrate outside the Iranian embassy in Berlin, Germany on Dec. 28, 2009. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Bolton’s Ascent Gives Iranian Group a New Lease on Life
With a supporter in the White House, the MEK might finally have a voice in U.S. policy.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, on September 4, 2016. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) Trump Is Driving Xi Into Modi’s Arms
China’s more afraid of a volatile United States than a powerful India.
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Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State, speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 12. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Six Essential Tasks for Trump’s New Secretary of State
Here’s how Mike Pompeo should begin his tenure.
