International Relations

Realists need to get a lot more realistic about the global legal system.

The world needs new institutions for a new era—and nostalgia for a past that never existed won't help.

The West knows what Ankara is up to, but won’t call it by its name.

The Trump administration looked small and inconsequential on the international stage.

An annual security gathering in Munich has become the new hot spot for top intelligence officials meeting in the shadows of a public event.

The world’s best national security minds know to study every aspect of foreign policy. That’s not enough.

The latest ranking of the top 50 IR programs for undergraduates, master's, and Ph.D.s.

There’s a lot of innovation on the surface, but the rot runs deep. Here’s how to fix it.

Donald Trump has changed the world — and some people will understand it better than others.

If the United States wants to stand behind the next #IranProtests, it should liberalize rules that impede access to cutting-edge tools against repression.

The United States is ignoring the most basic principle of international relations, to its own detriment.

While some arguments for the decline of the state are insightful and important, none of them have stuck.

Urging states to act uncompromisingly in their self-interest is actually not in America’s national interest. 

The days of other countries looking to the United States for leadership are coming to an end.

An “America first” policy risks leaving America alone.

American internationalism is not dead yet, but that it faces serious longterm maladies.

The far-right leader is using traditional language to mask her ideas for a radical shift in France's role in the world.

America must check the assertive, rising powers of Russia and China before it’s too late. Accepting spheres of influence is a recipe for disaster.

From “smart power” to “surgical strike,” the world would be a better place if these phrases were never said again.