List of Foreign & Public Diplomacy articles
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US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting on Nov. 11, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev /AFP/Getty Images) Will the Real Trump Russia Policy Please Stand Up?
Trump’s surprise White House invitation to Putin could undermine his administration’s tougher stance on Moscow.
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FP_FamiliesAbroad_Cross_01 U.S. Diplomats Stuck in Medical Limbo
State Department officials with special needs children face a byzantine bureaucracy that often denies them critical care.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Feb. 28, 2018. (GRIGORY DUKOR/AFP/Getty Images) Not All Russia-Friendly Policies Are Nefarious
Why won't Austria — and its pro-Russia, far-right foreign ministry — punish Vladimir Putin? The real answer isn't the obvious one.
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Gen. Thomas Waldhauser holds a news conference in Djibouti on April 23, 2017. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool/Getty Images) Trump’s Militaristic Africa Policy Will Backfire
Instead, the United States should pursue a holistic, long-term strategy.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with other candidates a day after the presidential election, at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 19, 2018. How Not to Pressure Putin
Britain needs strategic patience, not shrill denunciations, to keep Russia in check.
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US Secretary of Defense James Mattis waits for Indonesia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi during an honor cordon at the Pentagon March 26, 2018 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) James Mattis Is an Ancient Roman Action Hero
In dealing with President Trump, the defense secretary seems to have done his reading on Emperor Nero.
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Nikki Haley, U. S. ambassador to the U.N., at the United Nations Plaza in New York on March 6, 2017. Nikki Haley: The Occasional Activist
Trump's U.N. ambassador promised to promote human rights. Then politics got in the way.
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The Russian flag flies in front of its embassy in Washington on March 26. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Russia Promises Retaliation After Western Expulsions
Moscow even turns to Twitter to ask which consulate to close.
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John Bolton talks with Ban Ki-moon at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on July 20, 2004. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) Give John Bolton a Chance
If you squint at Trump’s new national security advisor, you might see some silver linings.
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U.S. President Donald Trump departs from the White House on March 13. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) 3 Steps Trump Should Take Before Meeting Kim Jong Un
Failure to prepare properly would carry significant risks.
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John Bolton, then-U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to the media at the U.N. in New York on Nov. 13, 2006. (Michael Nagle/Getty Images) Welcome to the Dick Cheney Administration
The problem with John Bolton isn’t that he’s an extremist. It's that he’s mainstream.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto during the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) The U.S.-Mexico Relationship Has Survived and Thrived Under Trump
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the neighbors are finding ways to make it work.
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Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gives a farewell address to State Department staff in Washington on March 22. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) Tillerson Decries ‘Mean-Spirited’ D.C. in Farewell Address
Tillerson gave a four-minute farewell speech to State Department employees. His legacy will last much longer.
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U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Donald Trump. (AFP/Getty Images and Tom Pennington/Getty Images) Here’s Hoping Trump-Kim Isn’t Like Kennedy-Khrushchev
The inauspicious history of inexperienced presidents personally negotiating with confident adversaries.
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Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist, speaks during a discussion on countering violent extremism in Washington on Oct. 23, 2017. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Fear of a Coup at Broadcasting Board of Governors
Employees fear the Breitbartization of U.S.-government funded international media outlets
