List of U.S. Foreign Policy articles
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A member of the Iraqi Federal Police stands guard near the Seventeen Ramadan Mosque along al-Firdous square in Baghdad on March 9, 2023. Don’t Let Iran Become Another Iraq
Nuclear uncertainty is bad for regional stability.
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President Donald Trump and his national security team meet in the Situation Room of the White House, Saturday, June 21, 2025. The War for Trump’s Ego
The attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States were really about less than they seem.
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U.S. President Barack Obama smiles during as summit. Trump’s Iran Deal Withdrawal Comes Back to Haunt Him
Experts say the 2015 nuclear deal constrained Tehran’s nuclear ambitions better than the recent U.S. strikes.
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Demonstrators wave Iranian flags and a poster of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, during a protest against Israeli attacks on Iran in Tehran on June 20. How the U.S. Locked Itself Into a Regime Change War
Trump’s insistence on zero enrichment was a poison pill in talks with Iran.
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U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney shakes hands with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu on March 23, 2008, at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Don’t Call the War on Iran Preemptive
Why the official justifications for the war don’t have legal merit.
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Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Dutch Freedom Party (PVV), speaks during a Patriots for Europe rally at Marriott Auditorium Hotel on February 08, 2025 in Madrid, Spain. The far-right Patriots for Europe party has MEPs from 13 member states and is the third-largest group sitting in the European Parliament. The "Make Europe Great Again" rally in Madrid is a tribute to United States President Donald Trump's campaign and rhetoric, which the Patriots party is now emulating across Europe. How to Stop Regime Change in Europe
A new book explains the danger of the far right—and how to counter Washington’s support for it.
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U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport in Greer, South Carolina, on Oct. 16, 2017. Trump Will Lose the Trade War
Multifront conflicts have never ended well for the countries that provoked them.
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Donald Trump closes his eyes while seated at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. Trump wears a navy blue suit and a purple tie. IR Experts Give Trump’s Second Term Very Low Marks
A new poll finds serious faults with the president’s foreign policy in his first 100 days.
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Donald Trump points toward the camera as he stares directly at it. An out-of-focus triangular white shape in the foreground juts a diagonal over the image, cutting through Trump's chest. Can America’s Global Reputation Survive Trump?
Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna is cautiously optimistic.
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Students protest for gun reform at the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 3, 2023. How Gen Z Sees the World
A conversation with Zoomer author and commentator Kyla Scanlon.
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White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller leaves after speaking to the media outside the White House in Washington, D.C. How Will Revoking Chinese Student Visas Actually Work?
Though the Trump administration hasn’t provided details, a rough estimate suggests a staggering impact.
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A big banner depicting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is placed next to a ballistic missile in Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran, on September 26, 2024. Iran Isn’t as Weak as It Seems
If nuclear talks fail, a war with Iran could follow—but it wouldn’t be a cakewalk.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 28. Trump’s Choice on Iran
Will he be the president to finally break America’s addiction to Middle East interventions?
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An excavator works in Urumqi Cultural Park in Urumqi, China, on Dec. 24, 2024. International Hotel Giants Are Profiting Despite Genocide in Xinjiang
Rather than reducing their exposure to the region, companies are on a building spree.
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A woman in a black-and-white checkered shirt, sunglasses, and a black headscarf walks on a sidewalk past a bright red wall mural. A simple drawing of a flying blue drone takes up most of the wall, surrounded by silhouettes of bats flapping their wings, and a large white searchlight extends from the drone to the lower right corner of the wall. The False Binary at the Heart of Trump’s Iran Strategy
The United States already lives with a near-nuclear Iran—and has for some time.