A year ago, the president was signaling that he’d break with the old tradition of handing out foreign posts to donors. So much for all that.

Biden promised a more humane foreign policy, but advocates of sanction reform are waiting to see concrete action.

It’s not just the Australian submarine deal, says Gérard Araud. President Biden, he says, doesn’t seem to care about Europe at all.

Has Russia been zapping American embassies with a secret weapon?

Joe Biden has the chance to curtail a corrupt practice that official Washington has long ignored.

With Putinism under assault, the president can forge a new path by rejecting regime change and heavy-handed democracy promotion in favor of interconnected diplomacy.

How a Republican presidential candidate became a leading critic of empire

There are alternatives to America’s heavy-handed attempts at “helping” the region. It’s time to pursue them.

Trump continues to boast that he's brought North Korea to heel. The truth is much more dire.

His presidency sometimes makes historic changes possible. But his ego always torpedoes them.

#UnwantedIvanka and the equally omnipresent Jared aren't just meme-able jokes, they're conduits for graft and possible threats to national security.

Lessons from a 2016 naval crisis that could have sunk the nuclear deal and opened a conflict, but didn’t.

Why Third Way liberals saw a glamorous, difficult diplomat as the protector of their values

Some of the governments supporting Trump's plan to starve Venezuela into submission are none too savory, themselves.

The leaders facing off in the U.S.-China trade war are obsessed with prestige.

Saudi Arabia's expulsion of the Canadian ambassador over a negligible conflict suggests an ulterior motive.

One small step for Trump—and one giant blow to American diplomacy. The repercussions of reneging on the Iran deal may last for years.

Trump and Netanyahu seem intent on kicking over the EU's carefully built international sandcastles. But can Europe play the long game?

North Korea's announcement that it will be shutting down its nuclear tests is great news. But there's one giant caveat here.