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President Donald Trump has unapologetically decimated the career Foreign Service in favor of handpicked political appointments and envoys. Many of...
On Feb. 29, 2008, Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton first aired her famous “3 a.m.” campaign ad. Her Senate colleague Barack Obama...
As investigators delve into last week’s failed terrorist attack on FlyDubai Flight 1073, two main threads emerge: The first is a celebration of the...
Some past and present diplomats are upset that the State Department has removed the flags of all the countries and territories in which the United...
Following Nazi Germany’s 1940 invasion of Norway, former Norwegian Defense Minister Vidkun Quisling agreed to serve as Norway’s minister-president...
Commercial satellite images show that China has upgraded its naval base in Djibouti nearly a decade after it first opened. Even before enhancing the...
Last week, Houthi forces in Yemen captured the Red Sea port city of Mokha. It’s the most consequential Houthi victory since the Iranian-backed group...
Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. While al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead, the ideology he nurtured...
When the first hijacked plane hit the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, senior National Security Council official Zalmay Khalilzad was attending a...
Perhaps the truest metaphor for U.S. foreign policy today is Charlie Brown trying to kick a football, only to have his friend Lucy pull it away at the...
One of the most watched of November’s midterm elections will be the Michigan U.S. Senate race in which far-left Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed...
During World War II, when America was confronting fascist regimes hell-bent on exporting their murderous ideologies, Republicans united behind...
Major non-NATO ally status bestows privileges on countries that are not NATO members but are considered crucial allies. At present, the United States...
On the best of days, war is no cake walk. The best laid plans go out the window as soon as the fight begins. The 2026 Iran war is only the latest case...
Today, both Republicans and Democrats eulogize Graham. To really honor his memory, though, they should recognize that compassion and national security...
One hundred legal scholars signed a letter arguing that President Donald Trump’s threat to target Iranian power plants and bridges could amount to...
When Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez forbade U.S. forces from using Spanish bases to support the war in Iran and then banned U.S. military...
BENGHAZI, Libya — Benghazi remains seared in American minds due to the murder of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens 14 years ago, when Islamist...
Oil is again above $100 per barrel, and gas prices at the pump are at $1 more than they were just a month ago, before the war...
In 1960, Saloth Sar — better known as Pol Pot — formed the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Pol Pot looked at Mao Zedong and China’s Cultural Revolution...
Two decades ago, at a conference in Gdansk, Poland, marking the 25th anniversary of Poland’s Solidarity Movement, Radek Sikorski, now the foreign...
The media is obsessing over price volatility in the oil markets. Meanwhile, Iran fans the flames of panic. “The lever of blocking the Strait of...
It’s all caught on video: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arriving at the Turkish ambassador’s residence during a 2017 visit to the United...
The National Intelligence Council bridges the intelligence and policy communities to provide policymakers with intelligence assessments. It famously...
During my first trip to Iran in 1996, I visited Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s tomb, a palatial complex abutting a Behesht-e Zahra Iran-Iraq War...
Hand it to European leaders. They are akin to diplomatic poker players who have mastered the art of demanding a cut of the pot without ever offering...
Many progressives and internationalists on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean support European Union expansion. Increasing membership does not always...
It wasn’t the headline President Donald Trump wanted for the first meeting of his Board of Peace. Outside the U.S. Institute of Peace, where world...
President Donald Trump argues that U.S. security demands the annexation of Greenland from Denmark. There’s no question that Greenland has outsize...
Jeremy Carl, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the State Department’s assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs,...
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