Foreign Policy

Trump has finally picked members for a key intelligence advisory board, and billionaire Stephen Feinberg is slated to head it.

If the United States wants to stand behind the next #IranProtests, it should liberalize rules that impede access to cutting-edge tools against repression.

There’s no clear upside — and plenty of potential downsides — to punching Pyongyang in the nose.

How would the outcome of the Vietnam War differ if we had listened to Edward Lansdale? The world may never know.  

France is back, thanks to a president committed to disrupting politics at home and abroad.

The vice president should stay home rather than inflame an already bad situation.

The president relied on a key legal advisor, but his advice could have a downside

Could a new oil futures contract mark a seismic shift in Beijing’s efforts to globalize its currency?

Senate leaders across party lines are concerned intelligence community watchdogs are failing to protect whistleblowers.

Western countries are looking for new ways to defend against a new generation of war. Does a center in Finland have the answers?

Western democracies that were once reliable defenders of human rights have been consumed by a nativist backlash, leaving an open field for dictators and demagogues.

The U.N. relief agency has been left with millions in unpaid bills.

Americans have become paranoid about foreign cyberattacks on their political system, but they have nobody but themselves to blame.

The biggest problem with many African countries is that they're led by men like Trump.

Aid experts fear the Trump administration’s focus on Christians and other religious minorities could do more harm than good.

The president's policies often deviate from his dangerous preferences. But these divergences present their own problems.

If Russian outlets have to file, lawmakers ask, why not Chinese ones?

The founder of the games dreamed of inspiring world peace. He created an event that's always done the opposite.

It was a Category 5 blizzard of ignorance, crudeness, and recklessness.

U.S. policy toward Venezuela is changing — and so are political dynamics in Latin America.