List of U.S. Government articles
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excerpts from FP archives FP Looks Back
Archival passages from writers such as Hillary Clinton, Kofi Annan, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and more show where we’ve been—and where we’re heading.
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William Burns, the then-undersecretary of state for political affairs, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on March 17, 2011. Under Burns, the CIA Gets a New Focus
Biden’s pick for the agency’s director shows that diplomacy is back.
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Early versions of Foreign Policy featured a narrow format and a different logo color for each season—blue for winter, green for spring, burgundy for summer, and yellow or brown for fall. Consensus Lost
How FP set out to change the world.
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Biden-China-asia-pivot-mojo-wang-illustration_hp A New Pivot to Asia
The fuzzy goodwill between Biden and America’s Asian allies will soon be tested by China’s growing power.
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bad-Ideas-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration When U.S. Foreign Policy Went Wrong
How to spot a bad concept when you see it.
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President Donald Trump departs after speaking in Washington on April 17, 2019. A Conservative Foreign Policy for the Future
Continuity, not revolution, should guide the United States.
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Joe Biden in Washington on Dec. 14., 2017. Inside Joe Biden’s Foreign-Policy Worldview
The next U.S. president doesn’t belong to a single school of thought—and that’s a good thing.
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doomsday-predictions-foreign-policy-50-years-joan-wong-illustration Wonks Gone Wild
In FP’s 50 years, its writers’ forecasts have ranged from prescient to spectacularly wrong. That’s because the field of international relations rewards catastrophic thinking.
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isolation-american-foreign-policy-50-years-noma-bar-illustration-hp The Case for a Middle Path in U.S. Foreign Policy
Neither pure isolationism nor unchecked internationalism has served the United States well. It’s time for a third option.
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The author’s essay in the Winter 1970-71 inaugural issue of Foreign Policy. Grave New World
Why Biden’s job will be so much harder than his predecessors’.
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50-years-zakaria-tepperman-foreign-policy-noma-bar-illustration-HP America and the World: How to Build Back Better
Looking back on 50 years of U.S. foreign policy and the lessons they hold for Washington today.
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Surrounded by fellow House Republican members, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on May 27 in Washington. The Future of Republican Foreign-Policy Making
What the growing post-Trump divide within the party means for its policy platform.
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Gen. Lloyd Austin prepares to testify before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on Sept. 16, 2015. Now Is a Bad Time to Weaken Civilian Control Over the Military
Biden’s nomination of a retired general to head the Pentagon reinforces a dangerous trend. His confirmation must come with concrete safeguards.
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The Asia Group chairman and CEO Kurt Campbell attends the China Development Forum in Beijing on March 23, 2019. Biden Makes His First Bold Move on Asia
The appointment of Kurt Campbell as Biden’s right hand on Asia will supercharge the incoming administration’s policy to counter China.
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks to House chambers as Congress considers impeachment against Trump. Trump Impeached—Again
The U.S. president was impeached on charges of “incitement of insurrection” in a vote that laid bare deep divisions within the Republican Party over its post-Trump future.
