Foreign Policy

If you want to form a more perfect union, in Syria or elsewhere, you can’t rely on men.

With the Islamic State on the brink of military defeat, the State Department is poised to eliminate the office charged with coordinating the fight.

More than a year into Donald Trump’s presidency, we’ve seen what appears to be a fundamental shift in U.S. policy toward Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Mandatory military conscription is the French equivalent of Donald Trump’s wall — a pet project that’s become a political albatross.

Italy’s most dangerous populists are the immigrant-hating Catholic fundamentalists of Forza Nuova.

Poor countries have borne the brunt of the refugee crisis. Tanzania’s refusal to bear the cost of a new U.N. program is a warning to the West.

The Eastern Mediterranean energy patch is hot — unfortunately, in more ways than one.

Despite White House promises and U.S. legal protections for religious minorities, Washington rejects appeal for asylum from more than 100 Iranian Christians.

The imagery agency wants its own “CIA World Factbook.”

There’s a very familiar method to the administration’s apparent regional madness.

The Trump administration looked small and inconsequential on the international stage.

An annual security gathering in Munich has become the new hot spot for top intelligence officials meeting in the shadows of a public event.

Mahmoud Abbas challenges American leadership of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process at the United Nations.

The downing of an Israeli jet won’t fundamentally alter the Middle East’s strategic balance. 

Which China and Russia on the rise, the United States leaves the field uncontested at its peril.

The secretary of state’s freeze on hiring diplomats’ family members at understaffed embassies is ending, but it left resentment in its wake.

Instead of closing resettlement offices and blocking the entry of people from war-ravaged countries, the United States should maintain its historical commitments.

The United States and Europe need to get serious about limiting Iran’s missiles of all ranges — and the Missile Technology Control Regime should guide them.

Why Russia’s strongman economy can’t reform.

Anthony Ferrante coordinated the U.S. government’s response to Russian election interference. Now he’s helping a news site defend itself from a Russian billionaire’s lawsuit.