Foreign Policy

After months of attacks on civil society, the mood is gloomy.

Here’s one of our biggest military secrets: The greatest untapped resource in the Marine Corps is the E-1 to E-5 community.

The "caliphate" has figured out how to make committing acts of terror easy. It's also made them boring.

  With Adam Rawnsley Trump policy fallout. There was stunned silence in the Pentagon Wednesday after President Trump overturned military policy in three quick Tweets during morning rush hour. Civilian and military officials refused comment on the president’s decision to ban transgender personnel from military service, as they heard about President’s plan just like everyone ...

The cancellation of a controversial ballet at Russia’s premiere theater holds dark clues as to where the country could be headed after Putin.

Across Eastern Europe, Moscow and the transatlantic alliance are staging large-scale exercises to show they mean business

John Sullivan may have already won over Foggy Bottom, but Congress is another matter.

Kurdish leaders are trying to persuade the United States to broker a potentially explosive split between Erbil and Baghdad.

The United States slips behind France and the U.K. in this year’s soft-power ranking.

It’s the latest sign of a political crisis roiling the country.

If the meeting at Trump Tower feels to you like treason, that's probably because it may actually be espionage.

White House reluctantly certifies Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal, while hitting Tehran with fresh sanctions

From China to the Gulf to Europe, the world's power players are moving ahead without America.

Trump has no clear agenda or policies of his own, and in their absence he is simply trying to tear down Obama’s key domestic and foreign policy achievements, with little understanding or care for what might replace them.

Beijing's paranoia is about to kill the country's booming live-streaming sector — and it won't be the only victim.

A meeting with Donald Trump, Jr. has made a Russian attorney and an Azerbaijani pop star household names.

Best Defense is on summer hiatus. During this restful spell we offer re-runs from the past 12 months.

Donald Trump says Iran is a threat to the region, but his administration might be the real danger.

The more Iran’s economy is bolstered by large-scale Western business deals, the harder it will be for the United States to deploy sanctions effectively.

  With Adam Rawnsley Iran deal. After weeks of internal battles, President Trump agreed on Monday to certify that Iran is complying with an international nuclear agreement with Iran. Last year, dismantling the deal was one of the main themes of his winning presidential campaign. The deal calls for the administration to notify Congress every ...