List of U.S. Government articles
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Sudanese fighters wearing face coverings ride in a vehicle in a military convoy accompanying the governor of Sudan's Darfur region. Washington Tries to Correct Course on Sudan’s Civil War
Lawmakers are pressing for a fresh approach with a new envoy and by leaning on the proxy powers abetting atrocities.
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A 1901 political cartoon depicts an Uncle Sam rooster (large and central wearing a top hat and stars and stripe suit) with small roosters in the Monroe Doctrine-labeled European Coop (left) and smaller roosters labeled with South American country names including Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, and others running around free. The Return of the Monroe Doctrine
U.S. responses to China’s growing presence in Latin America risk falling into an old paternalistic pattern.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leave after holding a press conference at the White House in Washington. Did Biden’s Foreign Policy Flounder in 2023?
From Ukraine to Gaza, U.S. credibility on the world stage is appearing strained as an election year looms.
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Gay is seen sitting behind a table with a desk microphone and a placard featuring her name. Defining Away Palestinians’ Right to Resist
What does it mean to say that rising up against injustice is impermissible?
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The top and side of the U.S. Capitol dome are seen through a four-paned window. The black frame blocks most of the rest of the image, obscuring about two-thirds of the photo. The Contentious Surveillance Law Making Waves in Washington
Why a regulation created to help U.S. intelligence agencies fight terror has become a political football.
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Biden delivers remarks from a lectern in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. It’s Time to Reconsider U.S. Military Aid
As Congress stalls, the U.S. public has good reason to demand more transparency on Biden’s funding for Ukraine and Israel.
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Kerch Bridge on fire The Shortest Path to Victory in Ukraine Goes Through Crimea
The West needs to keep its nerve, recognize the stakes, and support Kyiv’s clearest path to victory.
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Children kiss a portrait of their father, Oleg Skybyk, a Ukrainian fallen soldier, as they visit his grave at Lychakiv Cemetery in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Putin Could Prevail if Ukraine Aid Cut
U.S. and Ukrainian officials sound the alarm as aid to Kyiv is held hostage by congressional battles over the U.S. southern border.
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A collage illustration showing U.S. President Joe Biden and leaders from Australia, India, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Vietnam, walking along a bright red landscape in front of a textural map of the Indo-Pacific region America’s Indo-Pacific Alliances Are Astonishingly Strong
Countries are balancing against China—just like a student of international relations would predict.
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US President Joe Biden joins Israel's Prime Minister for the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Rashid Khalidi: Biden Deserves an “F” on the Middle East
The Palestinian-American historian and professor on the road ahead after Oct. 7.
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Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (standing) points at a map of the Sinai Peninsula during a meeting with President Gerald R. Ford (C) Congressional Leaders in the Cabinet Room on Sept. 4, 1975. Did Henry Kissinger Further U.S. National Interests or Harm Them?
The death of a legendary diplomat raises difficult questions about his legacy.
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Biden, dressed in a casual half-zip sweatshirt, looks pensively downward as he stands facing numerous press microphones held out in his direction. Grading Biden on the Israel-Hamas War
For a crisis with so many moving parts, the U.S. president has fared pretty well.
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A chart illustration shows past secretaries of state on shorter blue and red lines with a walking, full-body Antony Blinken on the longest line with his hand outstretched to shake with President Xi Jinping (not seen). U.S. Engagement With China in 3 Charts
From Kissinger to Kerry, Washington’s top diplomat once visited Beijing regularly. Not anymore.
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U.S. President Joe Biden (R) meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) during the AUKUS summit at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California, on March 13, 2023. The Year-End AUKUS Push
Remember that nuclear submarine deal with Australia?
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Henry Kissinger during an interview in Washington in August 1980. Henry Kissinger, Colossus on the World Stage
The late statesman was a master of realpolitik—whom some regarded as a war criminal.
