List of Leaders articles
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the economy at the White House in Washington on Jan. 22. Key Republican Lessons for Biden’s Global Agenda
Five former officials from the Trump and George W. Bush administrations share their foreign-policy advice for the new team.
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Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal welcomes U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at Riyadh Air Base in Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 27, 2011. Saudi Arabia Wants to Be a Normal Country
And Biden should treat it as exactly that.
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro speaks during a press conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Feb. 14, 2020. The EU Tries and Fails Again on Venezuela
Instead of issuing limp statements, Europe should join Washington to get Maduro’s regime to negotiate with the democratic opposition.
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U.S. President Barack Obama meets in the Situation Room with his national security advisors to discuss strategy in Syria of the White House Aug. 31, 2013 in Washington. Foreign-Policy Pragmatism Is Back. So Are Its Flaws.
A new book by a Biden administration official puts a spotlight on the wisdom—and limits—of diplomatic competence.
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrives with the government delegation during a visit in Herat province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 21. To Leave Afghanistan, Biden Must Solve His Ghani Problem
Even as the United States checks the Taliban, it must stop the Afghan president from playing the spoiler.
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Joe Biden shakes hands with Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a meeting on March 5, 2012 in Mexico City. What AMLO Really Thinks About Biden
Mexico’s president has been a thorn in the new U.S. leader’s side—but it’s all in the service of a constructive relationship.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chats with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Who Lost Myanmar?
Facing its first major crisis, the Biden administration must confront a failure of U.S. diplomacy orchestrated by some of its own players nearly a decade ago.
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Myanmar residents in Thailand hold up portraits of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok on Feb. 1. The Myanmar Coup Is the First Test for Biden’s Democracy Agenda
Washington’s response should be swift if Biden expects the world to take his commitment seriously.
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Myanmar migrants hold up portraits of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader who was recently detained by the military in a coup, as they take part in a demonstration outside the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok on Feb. 1. Is Beijing Backing the Myanmar Coup?
The Biden administration needs clarity from China as the new U.S. president acts on his first major crisis.
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington on Jan. 26. Congress Will Make It Tough for Biden on Iran
Biden’s nominees will face trouble in the Senate unless they prove they learned the lessons of the failed 2015 nuclear agreement.
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Pope Francis is joined by then-Vice President Joe Biden Biden and Pope Francis Could Make a Climate Change Miracle
How the new U.S. leader and the liberal pontiff—like presidents and popes before them—can cooperate to transform American politics.
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Muslims attend a vigil at the East London Mosque for the victims of the New Zealand mosque attacks on March 15 in London, England. Our Top Weekend Reads
British Muslims seek legal protections, Biden unveils his climate agenda, and why Saudi Arabia is getting away with murder.
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People hold signs during a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in San Diego on June 18, 2020. Let’s Not Blow This Chance to Fix Immigration
Biden’s reform plan is laudable. But it repeats the battles of the Obama years.
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Police detain protesters in Moscow Navalny’s Return Has Thrown Putin Off Balance
The Russian regime isn’t handling the protests with its normal authoritarian aplomb.
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Rob Malley, former U.S. negotiator during the Iran nuclear program negotiations and current president and CEO of the International Crisis Group Biden Taps Obama Administration Diplomat as New Iran Envoy
Robert Malley, who has faced sharp criticisms from Republican lawmakers, will be tasked with trying to get Iran back to the negotiating table on its nuclear program.
