List of U.S. State Department articles
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 10: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (C) leaves the White House May 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Lavrov met with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Ukraine, Syria and other bilaterial subjects, according to the White House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Trump Should Not Have Met with Russia’s Foreign Minister
Way to give Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants, Mr. President.
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NEW YORK - MAY 12: The United Nations logo on the back wall of the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations is seen from the floor May 12, 2006 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. NEW YORK - MAY 12: The view from the speakers rostrum in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations is seen May 12, 2006 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The General Assembly Hall was remodeled in 1979 to accommodate up to 182 delegations, each of which has six seats. All seats are equipped with earphones, broadcasting simultaneously in the Assembly's six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The United Nations headquarters, completed in 1952, is widely considered to be a landmark achievement of the International Style of architecture. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Has President Trump Learned to Love the United Nations?
Donald Trump came into office decrying the U.N. and NATO, two organizations he now can't seem to live with out.
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smiley tillerson Tillerson to Staff: ‘Approach This Effort With No Constraints on Your Thinking’
Per the secretary of state, things were so much easier in the Cold War, and institutions need to adapt to a more complex world.
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A demonstrator holds a banner reading "One climate one world" during a rally held by several Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) to form a human chain on the Champs de Mars near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on December 12, 2015 on the sidelines of the COP21, the UN conference on global warming. French hosts submit the final version of a global climate-saving pact to negotiators at UN Conference on december 12. The goal is for ministers to approve the agreement by the end of the day but that could be extended one more day. / AFP / FRANCOIS GUILLOT (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Environmental Policies Are a Disaster for U.S. Foreign Policy
The Trump administration’s approach to science generally and to climate change in particular has the makings of a foreign-policy disaster.
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LAKE CHAD, CHAD - JULY 10: Girls in colorful headscarves sit in a classroom in their tribal village in central Africa on July 10, 2007 around Lake Chad, Chad. (Photo by Jeff Hutchens/Getty Images) In Trump’s Plan to Gut Foreign Aid, Battle Lines Drawn Over Global Women’s Issues
Even the Republican Congress doesn't seem to think the budget cuts are a good idea.
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US Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster looks on as US President Donald Trump announces him as his national security adviser at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 20, 2017. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s How Trump’s ‘Axis of Adults’ Weathered the First 100 Days
Amongst the chaos and the tweets, some of the more reassuring steps of the first 100 days of the Donald Trump Presidency were the appointments of Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster.
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) speaks as British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson (L) and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (C) listen during a security council meeting on North Korea at the United Nations headquarters in New York on April 28, 2017. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Washington will push for a tougher global response to North Korea during a meeting Friday of the UN Security Council that will see China come under heavy pressure to rein in its ally. / AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images) Rex Tillerson Calls On U.N. Members To Tighten Vise On North Korea
China, Russia, and other powers voice fear that U.S. threat of military action may lead to miscalculation and war.
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 24: U.S. President Donald Trump (C) delivers remarks while hosting ambassadors from the 15 country members of the United Nations Security Council flanked by his Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley (L) and National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster in the State Dining Room at the White House April 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump was frank in his opening remarks, saying that Haley had briefed him about each member of the council and he said he liked them all. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Trump Raised Prospect of a North Korea Strike with U.N. Envoys, But Said He Wants to Avoid a Fight
The White House warning is aimed at prodding China into reining in its neighbor’s nuclear ambitions.
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Trump’s 100-Day Theater
What has the U.S. president really accomplished so far? Or is everything just for show?
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump raises a fist after his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Donald Trump’s Great Patriotic Purge
The administration's assault on experts, bureaucrats, and functionaries who make this country work isn’t just foolish, it’s suicidal.
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tillerson crop Rex Tillerson Spurns Africa In Botched Meeting with African Union Chief
Tillerson invited African Union chief Moussa Faki to Washington to meet, then backed out. His last-minute snub could sour U.S. ties with Africa.
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nauert State Department Gets New Spokesperson From ‘Fox and Friends’
Out with the old, in with the president’s favorite cable programming.
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usaid-crop The End of Foreign Aid As We Know It
Trump budget would gut development assistance and fold USAID into State.
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley holds up photos of Syrian victims of a chemical attack during an April 5 meeting of the Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Photo credit: DREW ANGERER/Getty Images) After Threatening to Starve U.N. of Funds, Trump Breaks Bread With Turtle Bay Dignitaries
Trump vowed to raze the United Nations. His U.N. envoy, Nikki Haley, has made it the administration’s favorite soapbox.
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Mexican members of different social organizations march in support of President Nicolas Maduro in Mexico City on April 19, 2017. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the White House is "closely" and "concerned" about the situation in Venezuela, where supporters and opponents of the government are carrying out massive street demonstrations in a tense environment. / AFP PHOTO / ALFREDO ESTRELLA (Photo credit should read ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images) Tillerson’s Diplomatic Approach in Venezuela is Paying Off
Applying the North Korea playbook to Venezuela would offer a lifeline to the autocrat.
