List of U.S. Government articles
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Rep. Ed Royce speaks during a conference on countering violent extremism, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 23, 2017. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Rep. Ed Royce’s Failure to Hold Trump Accountable Is a Dereliction of Duty
The chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee should use his last year in office to reverse the unprincipled silence and moral weakness of Republicans in Congress.
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President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen meet in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on Jan. 4. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) If You Thought 2017 Was Bad, Just Wait for 2018
Last year, Trump corroded U.S. foreign policy, but avoided disaster. This year, there are powerful reasons to think that matters will worsen.
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Rural residents near the city of Anshun, China on Feb. 20, 2014. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images) China’s War on Poverty Could Hurt the Poor Most
The government is pushing people out of rural squalor — and into urban dependence.
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A loaded cargo ship in Shanghai on Dec. 6, 2017. (AFP/Getty Images) Will Global Trade Survive 2018?
Under Trump, the international trade regime is at risk. This year could see it topple.
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An activists hold up flares during an anti-corruption protest in front of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, on July 11, 2017. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images) Ukraine Needs U.S. Help to Fight Corruption
Domestic reforms are just as important as defending against Russian aggression.
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Iranian students protest at the University of Tehran during a demonstration driven by anger over economic problems, in the capital Tehran on Dec. 30, 2017. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Weighs Sanctions to Punish Iran Crackdown
The president offers blunt support for protesters in tweets, but a pivotal decision on the Iran nuclear deal is looming.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Sept 20. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Mahmoud Abbas Doesn’t Have a Trump Strategy
The U.S. president seems out to get Palestine, and there's nobody with the vision or charisma to do anything about it.
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President Donald Trump delivers a speech in Warsaw, Poland, on July 6, 2017. (Janet Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Nationalism Is Arbitrary, Dangerous, Incoherent, and Silly
Nationalism has a new voice. That makes it all the more imperative to take its claims seriously and meet them head on.
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An Iranian woman raises her fist amidst the smoke of tear gas at the University of Tehran during a protest in Tehran on Dec. 30, 2017. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) Iranians Are Mad as Hell About Their Foreign Policy
Tehran's adventures abroad have triggered anger at home. Here's how American foreign policy can step up.
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Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump gives two thumbs at the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Trump’s First Year in Review: Views From the Republican Bench
Foreign policy veterans from previous Republican administrations look back on 2017 — the year of Trump.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini at a joint press conference in Brussels on Dec. 5. (John Thys/AFP/Getty Images) U.S.-EU Obligations Should Cut Both Ways in 2018
The United States should be able to count on Europe’s help in isolating Iran.
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A stunning profile of Ben Rhodes, the asshole who is the president’s foreign policy guru
After eight years at Foreign Policy, here are the ten most popular Best Defense posts.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un address the 5th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea on Dec. 23. (KCNA/AFP/Getty Images) The United States Should Resolve to Avoid War With North Korea in 2018
The greatest danger to world peace in the coming year is the prospect of war on the Korean Peninsula — and Trump is making matters worse.
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Farmers harvest rice in China's Jiangsu province on Oct. 23. (Visual China Group via Getty Images) The Battle of the Breadbaskets Is Coming to a Head
The United States needs to strengthen its agriculture sector — or be overtaken by China.
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"The Fighting Temeraire" (J.M.W. Turner/British National Gallery of Art/Wikimedia Commons) Trump’s National Security Strategy Is Nothing Like the British Empire’s ‘Blue Water’ Policy
The historical analogy is wrong — whichever way you look at it.
