List of U.S. Government articles
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits at a desk, wearing a serious expression as he waits to resume speaking during a congressional hearing. Other people, dressed formally in suits, sit in a crowd behind him in the wood-paneled room on Capitol Hill. Congressional Gridlock Leaves Key National Security Posts Vacant
China is eager to fill the diplomatic void, officials warn.
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris stand side-by-side onstage at the Democratic National Convention, waving and smiling at the crowd. Both are wearing suits, and Biden is grasping Harris's hand and raising it. Kamala Harris’s 21st-Century Foreign Policy
She learned a lot from President Joe Biden but forged her own path on tech threats.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C), with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden (R), attends a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during the NATO 75th anniversary summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Biden’s Ukraine Strategy Is Missing in Action
Lawmakers are frustrated at the lack of a coherent plan as Biden prepares to leave office.
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Security guards are seen in shadowed silhouette as they walk through a hallway at the convention center where the Democratic National Convention is being held. A large screen behind them shows the words "DNC 2024" in front of a bright blue background. DNC Offers Few Clues on Harris’s Foreign Policy
A botched rollout of the party platform shows how foreign policy is a sideshow in U.S. elections.
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Barack Obama stands at a lectern with blurred faces and signs behind him. What Harris Can Take From Obama’s Very First Convention Speech
Twenty years later, the case for progressive patriotism rings true.
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Ahmad Haidari in front of a helicopter at Kandahar International Airport. ‘They Promised to Take Out Our Families’: The Afghans America Left Behind
Ahmad Haidari flew a U.S.-funded helicopter out of Kabul in August 2021 and hasn’t seen his wife and children since.
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Israeli soldiers gather during a protest in the town of Beita in the occupied West Bank on July 26. Why the U.S. Must Lead Sanctions on Israel’s Illegal Occupation
No multilateral sanctions campaign will be effective unless it is backed by the power of the dollar, which dominates global trade and banking.
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Soldiers from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia pose for a photo before an exhibition celebrating late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 14, 2019. The ‘Axis of Evil’ Is Overhyped
The United States’ biggest adversaries are far from a unified threat.
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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Strait of Hormuz as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lifts off from the flight deck on Nov. 19, 2019. America’s Middle East Defense Rests on Aircraft Carriers
They have big guns, fighter jets, and are hard to kill—with Iran’s weapons, at least.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at the UK Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on Nov. 2, 2023. New Women Leaders, Same Old International Politics
The world’s top political personnel are increasingly feminist. Policy is another matter.
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Then-U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris speaks during a hearing on Russian efforts to influence U.S. elections before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in Washington, D.C. What Harris Learned Investigating Russian Interference
On the Senate Intelligence Committee, Harris had a front-row seat to Moscow’s meddling.
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, and her vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, appear on stage together during a campaign event in Philadelphia on Aug. 6. Harris and Walz Can Remake U.S. Foreign Policy
The VP pick may help Harris reinvest in diplomacy—and abandon America’s reflex for military interventionism.
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Recently released former Russian political prisoners, from left to right, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Andrei Pivovarov, and Ilya Yashin give a press conference in Bonn, Germany. The Russians Putin Traded Away
How several political prisoners without dual citizenship were included in a historic east-west prisoner swap.
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Tim Walz raises one hand to point as he speaks a podium during a Democratic campaign event. Walz is a 60-year-old man with white hair, wearing a navy blue suit and red tie. Harris Picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Running Mate
The choice could help Democrats in Midwestern battleground states.
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In this handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, South Korean Navy's destroyer Yulgok Yi I (R) U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (C) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Umigiri, (L) sail in formation during a joint naval exercise in international waters off South Korea's southern island of Jeju on Apr. 4, 2023 The U.S. Must Prepare to Fight China and North Korea at the Same Time
A conflict in Taiwan is likely to draw Pyongyang in—and the U.S. military isn’t ready for it.
