U.S. Foreign Policy

Jake Sullivan, Biden’s “once-in-a-generation intellect,” is facing a once-in-a-generation challenge.

Outcomes, not optics, should be the measure of U.S. policy in Europe.

His call to wage a global war for freedom echoes the dawn of the Cold War.

The new administration is trying to forge a new national consensus on grand strategy that doesn’t privilege the rich.

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is the best hope for standing up to China.

Brett McGurk, who served under Bush, Obama, and Trump, is bringing aboard a Middle East team to the National Security Council that includes several former staffers from the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State.

Biden was expected to revive the nuclear deal quickly—but as pro-Iran militias attack U.S. forces in Iraq and Washington strikes back in Syria, direct talks aren’t on the horizon.

A transcript of Antony Blinken’s remarks on U.S. foreign policy.

It’s no coincidence that, after years of fighting abroad, the United States is beset with paranoia, loss of trust, and increasingly bitter divisions.

The country’s reputation won’t be fixed anytime soon, but the fact that it’s trying is a sign of exceptionalism—and a return to the United States’ finest tradition.

The Western alliance is unprepared to counter the direct and growing challenge from Beijing.

Fears of another Trump make it even more urgent that allies work with Biden now.

The Soviet withdrawal was a disaster. The U.S. version looks eerily similar.

The Biden administration’s Iran envoy has become an object of controversy—for good reasons and bad.

Why the push to bring home manufacturing won’t work—and what Biden should do instead.

Supporting the middle class at home and reasserting leadership abroad may be mutually exclusive, especially in Asia.

Forget U.S. sanctions over arms deals. Indian-Russian alignment is in Washington’s best interest.

The new president wants his strategy to seem reassuring. It’s anything but.

Europeans say they want cooperation with Washington. Their latest actions speak a different language.

The new president returns to traditional foreign policy—with a big dash of populism.